I am trying to put a coolbar on an MDI Parent form, instead of the old toolbar control which looks a bit outdated, the problem is that although I have the coolbar control and a sample from microsoft, I can't make head nor tail of it, all I want is a coolbar with maybe 6 icons on it, that highlight when passed over, is there any nice and easy code fragments lying about ? Has anyone here ever used the coolbar and have any tips to simplify it ? Microsofts sample doesn't work too well for me as the transparency control that comes with it won't go onto the MDI Parent Form. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.