Christian,
Just a thought and I've not tested this but does the bitmap Mask option give you any better control over the disables look of the image.

Caroline

>Hello,
>
>yes the pictures get a disabled look automatically, but i don't like them very much :) .. i have painted "black-white" equivalent pictures of my toolbar buttons which i also wanted to use in the menu
>
>seems i'll have to "DEFINE BAR" again ..
>
>thanks
>
>Regards
>
>Christian