>>I'm moving my toolbars to hot-tracking buttons in vfp7. One of the other managers here asked why. I said, "Well, it's state-of-the-art, isn't it? Look, see how all these other apps use them?"
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>>He still said, "but why? I don't see any improved functionality. It's harder to tell they're really buttons when they're flat. Looks like a waste of time."
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>>I didn't have a good answer to that. Anyone else?
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>The best reason is that then your app conforms to the look that Windows apps and other apps are moving towards. This will make training easier for your users since they will expect this functionality, having seen at home or at work in their browser or in MS office.
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>That's the best I can come up with.

Evan,

That's the answer. To the user, a toolbar in your app looks the same as in Excel. The user will expect it to operate in much the same way. If you use the same icons they will understand even more.

Dan