I am not quite sure why do you need the color on the clicked area. Whether sys(1270) is not enough? Suppose you have transparent shape that covers all images on the form. Then in shape.mousedown you could use something like:

this.VISIBLE = .F.
lcobj=sys(1270)
this.VISIBLE = .T.

wait wind lcObj.Name


>As a postscript to my previous message:
>I am curently using the AniGif Active-X for this but would prefer to use native VFP 6 controls (or at least my subclasses thereof). The Active-X control does not allow me to layer other controls on top of it or to change the layering order of the image controls once they are created.
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>Todd Cottengim
>Alpine Land Information Services