The only solution i know to this problem is creating your own button class, using a container for a bitmap and a label. I did something like this once that mimics windows buttons, and the implementation is fairly easy.

Jaime

>using a bitmap has a disadvantage:
>it won't work because the border of a hottracking btton will popup in the original gray color windows uses at that place.
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>Does anyone know how to change color schemes and wheather that method works for me?
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>TIA