Winfried 0 Newbie Poster

Hello

I'm a somewhat VB.2008 (Express) newbie, and would like to write a simple application to let users record a voice file, and send it to a remote web server. In effect, I'd like to combine Windows' Sound Recorder and an FTP client.

I'm having two issues:
1. The OvalShape that I'd like to use to let the user start/stop the recording displays some funny halo around it when clicked. Has someone seen this and knows what to do?

2. I'd like to add a VU meter and a timer so the user can see his voice displayed while recording and a way to know how long the message is. Do you know of good (preferably open-source) widgets for this?

Thank you.