Hi shawn,
You can try the PLAF chapter of this
excellent swing tutorial.
I've got other pointers on the subject but can't put the hand on them for the moment, I'll post them if I manage to find them again.
You can also have a look at skinlf source code (u can find it
here), I think it could help you to figure how to do this.
good luck for yr l&f
[ March 06, 2002: Message edited by: vinsil reno ]