Forgot to suggest - to simulate a coloured button look at AutoShapes Basic
Shapes and the one that looks like a double rectangle. Format line to "No
Line" and colour as required. Add text and assign macro. Record a macro for
ideas on how to code.

Regards,
Peter T

"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message
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Hi Simon,

You can't change the Backcolor of Buttons from the Forms menu, manually or
programmatically.

You can change Backcolor of Buttons from the Control's toolbox (view code
and properties - F4), but you can run into other problems when adding
these
and their code at runtime.

Regards,
Peter T



"simon" wrote in message
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Hi,
I have created a number of buttons using code which works very
successfully. The code I've used is as follows:

'In progress
With ActiveSheet.Buttons.Add(Left:=l, Top:=t + 20, Width:=60,
Height:=16)
.OnAction = "Pro_Hilite"
.Characters.Text = "In Progress"
.Name = "cmdProg"
End With

(In progress is the name of one of my buttons.)

If I add in the statement .BackColor = RGB(0, 255, 0),or .BackColor =
vbRed to this code, then I get an error message saying the object
doesn't support this property or method.

My question is: can I change the back color of a button created this
way and if so how could I do it?

Many thanks in anticiaption.

Simon