diff --git a/admin/testbutton.php b/admin/testbutton.php
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+++ b/admin/testbutton.php
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+<?php
+  /**************************************************************************\
+  * phpGroupWare - administration                                            *
+  * http://www.phpgroupware.org                                              *
+  * --------------------------------------------                             *
+  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it *
+  *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the   *
+  *  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your  *
+  *  option) any later version.                                              *
+  \**************************************************************************/
+  	/* $Id$ */
+  	
+  	$phpgw_info["flags"] = array(
+  		"currentapp" => "admin"
+  	);
+  	
+  	include("../header.inc.php");
+
+	$button = CreateObject('phpgwapi.graphics');
+	
+	print "<form>";
+	print "<input type=\"image\" src=\"/phpgroupware/phpgwapi/templates/default/images/".
+			$button->createButton("Lars is the best ;)")."\" border=\"0\" name=\"text\">";
+	print "</form>";
+	
+	$phpgw->common->phpgw_footer();
+?>
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.graphics.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.graphics.inc.php
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+<?
+  /**************************************************************************\
+  * phpGroupWare API - Graphical                                             *
+  * This file written by Lars Kneschke <knecke@phpgroupware.org>             *
+  * Allows the creation of graphical buttons                                 *
+  * Copyright (C) 2001 Lars Kneschke                                         *
+  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------*
+  * This library is part of the phpGroupWare API                             *
+  * http://www.phpgroupware.org/api                                          * 
+  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *
+  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it  *
+  * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by *
+  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License,         *
+  * or any later version.                                                    *
+  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but      *
+  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of               *
+  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.                     *
+  * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.              *
+  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License *
+  * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,  *
+  * Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA            *
+  \**************************************************************************/
+
+  /* $Id$ */
+
+class graphics
+{
+	// put a valid font here
+	var $font="/opt/future-project/src/management-server/ttf/arial.ttf";
+	
+	function createButton($_text, $_fontsize=11)
+	{
+		// create filename
+		$filename="button_".md5($_text).".png";
+		$filename=strtolower($filename);
+		
+		// see if file exists already, we cache it
+		if (file_exists(PHPGW_IMAGES_FILEDIR.'/'.$filename)) return $filename;
+		
+		$size = imagettfbbox($_fontsize,0,$this->font,$_text);
+		$dx = abs($size[2]-$size[0]);
+		$dy = abs($size[5]-$size[3]);
+		$xpad=9;
+		$ypad=9;
+		$im = imagecreate($dx+$xpad,$dy+$ypad);
+		$blue = ImageColorAllocate($im, 0x2c,0x6D,0xAF);
+		$black = ImageColorAllocate($im, 0,0,0);
+		$white = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255,255,255);
+		ImageRectangle($im,0,0,$dx+$xpad-1,$dy+$ypad-1,$black);
+		ImageRectangle($im,0,0,$dx+$xpad,$dy+$ypad,$white);
+		ImageTTFText($im, $_fontsize, 0, (int)($xpad/2)+1, $dy+(int)($ypad/2), -$black, $this->font, $_text);
+		ImageTTFText($im, $_fontsize, 0, (int)($xpad/2), $dy+(int)($ypad/2)-1, -$white, $this->font, $_text);
+		ImagePNG($im,PHPGW_IMAGES_FILEDIR.'/'.$filename);
+		ImageDestroy($im);
+		
+		return $filename;
+	}
+}