Indeed, i use JPGs too to give a nice design to my forms, but for shadowing i still use shapes with different colors, your idea seems good but really tough to implement, but i trust you, after seeing the rest of your work, this is of high quality:-)

Jaime

>Hello Jaime,
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>Every visual effect is achieved via little bitmaps (actually jpgs). Some elements may sometimes be tricky. For example, I use containers with a background picture that gets repeated either vertically or horizontally to.
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>It's a lot of work in the first place because you have to design all the necessary visual classes to do that, but it pays off in the long term ... if you have decided to give a nice look&feel.
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>It may be interesting that I make these classes available here on the UT: the only thing you will need to do is to select a sort of theme then.
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>Pat
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>>Pat
>>How did you achieve the shadowing effect in Ultrafolder?
>>Jaime
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>>>Hi Randy,
>>>
>>>Visual FoxPro let's you create astonishing forms if your want to but most of the time, you will need to create the visual effects yourself.
>>>
>>>Take a look at these forms: UltraFolder and
>>>Ascalaphus
>>>
>>>I would be glad to compose one or two themes for you: I like these things!
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Pat
>>>
>>>>I am trying to improve the look and feel of a legacy Foxpro app. It was originally written in FoxPro for dos and then converted to VFP for windows. It has been upgraded one version at a time to 8, but it still has a Windows 3.1 look and feel. Even creating new forms looks very plain. What are some ways that I can improve the look? Should I be looking for new controls? Is ActiveX the way to go? ANy ideas will be helpfull.
>>>>
>>>>I also want to say thanks to the poeple in this forum. Every single question I have ever asked has been followed within a day with numerous answers. I really do appreciate it and feel like I am on my way to becomming areal FoxPro developer.
>>>>
>>>>Randy Wessels