>I am trying to move some legacy stuff forward into VFP 8 on an XP machine. The application
>has a few 2.6 screens which have been converted forward as well as dozens of 2.6 style @ ... SAY
>command buttons. When I run this under VFP8 with themes enabled, the buttons turn invisible
>and only appear when the mouse is over them. Does anyone know of a way around this short of
>disabling themese or recoding the buttons?

According to the help file, no. Themes Property: "Controls defined using @...GET or @...SAY and similar @... commands are not compatible with Windows XP Themes. Therefore, when running programs written with FoxPro 2.x on Windows XP or later, you should set the _SCREEN Themes property to False (.F.); otherwise, the controls on the forms disappear."