Buttons in Photoshop

I am trying to create my own buttons in Photoshop, but whenever I save it as a .PSD file and import it into DVDSP the hightlighting option does not work with it, by that I mean it will now show any indications when the button is highlighted or selected. I have all of the color settings right in the inspector and other buttons work fine, but for some reason when I create one it will not show indication that it is highlightes or activated. Does anybody know what I am doing wrong? Do any of you all make your own buttons in Photoshop?

I had the same problem last night.
I'm working on a fix for it too.
I've picked up the DVDSP4 Apple Pro Training book and am going to do the lesson that covers that this afternoon.
I'll report back with my findings.
More later.

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