>>The button's style property is set to zero.
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>Is that after the form is instantiated? IOW, do you perhaps change this setting while the form is running?
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>If not, then you might add a straight, of-the-shelf button to form and incrementally adapt the problem buttons' settings and code to the new one til you discover what's different.
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>Updated: What is specialEffect set to?

Nancy,

It's an off-the-shelf button control. I made no changes to its default settings. If I resize the form, the button will then show up. Prior to that, it's not visible.

Laterness,
Jon