Excel 2002 is the only version I don't have. However I'd be surprised if the
Excel version is related to what you describe. All of what you mentioned (4
etched borders & greyed caption when disabled) work fine in all other
versions, including 97 & 2000.

Try a reboot and a new project with a single frame on a form.

Regards,
Peter T


"Jim Luedke" wrote in message
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Excel 2002's Frames are drawn wrong.

When a standard Windows 3-D-style .SpecialEffects is selected, at
runtime only 3 borders have the correct appearance.

For example, if .SpecialEffects = fmSpecialEffectEtched or Raised, at
runtime the top edge is a crummy single, 2-D line.

Yet *it's correct in the designer*. All 4 borders are Etched, as they
should be.

Two, seemingly for all values of .SpecialEffects, both in the designer
and running, shouldn't the caption of a disabled Frame have Windows's
standard grayed-out, 3-D Etched appearance?

Instead, the caption has a miserable Windows 3.1-era, 2-D appearance.

It looks like hell. Doubly so, in fact, because it contrasts with the
controls inside your Frame which are implemented correctly.

Am I doing something wrong?

Or, if this is a glitch, has it been fixed since 2002?

Thanks.

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