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I have a GUI application that has several JButtons, and the program sets them to different colors based on data received from a network. The program was developed on Solaris, and the GUI has several users. We used setBackground(Color.XXX) to set the Colors. We have users that use the GUI on windows. On Solaris, the entire JButton becomes the desired color. On Windows, the JButton is gray, and only the outline of the button is in the desired color. Is there anyway to configure the Runtime Environment on Windows so that the entire button is the desired color. If not, what other options are there?
Thank You in Advance for Your Help!!!

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