Easiest thing to do is use a BevelButton on one of seceral solutions..

Draw the Caption into an picture with Transparent = 1 and use that as the 
Icon.That way you could me any color for the text... 

Or you might just want to make a plain rectangular icon filled with a light red 
color and just use the regular caption property for the lable 

Or make the Icon background a slightly darker red and draw the text into it in 
a yellow or (slightly) Off white


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From: Steve Goodrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

> Hi list, 
> 
> I need some advice about how to accomplish something in REALbasic. In 
> our application, we have a column of buttons that navigate several 
> screens. I.E. each button jumps you quickly to a different window. That 
> window may or may not be visible at any given time and pushing the 
> button makes it visible and gives it focus. There are times that very 
> important information may be waiting on one of those screens. We need a 
> non-intrusive way (no pop-ups) to draw attention to the buttons without 
> being annoying. 
> 
> In the current version of our product, written with another development 
> tool, we just changed the color of the text of those buttons to red. It 
> was something that drew attention to the button without getting in the 
> way of people working and without being annoying. We need something 
> similar that works on both the Mac and Windows (and ultimately Linux). 
> 
> We really want to use push buttons because they look super nice on both 
> platforms. 
> 
> Since changing the color of text on a buttons seems to be considered a 
> sin just below drowning nuns, what are my options? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Steve Goodrich 
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