>Not sure what I am missing here: if I turn on scroll bars for a form, that is say 700 x 500, I observe the following:
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>1) unless an object extends over the edge of the form, scroll bars do not appear
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This is by design.
And you cannot put object into negative zone.

>2) if an object is over the edge, the scroll bar appears but the full object does not appear
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Fixed in VFP9

>3) if I resize the form so that the object appears, the scroll bar goes away
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See 1)

>I can live with the scroll bars not appearing but what should I be doing so that the size of the window stays the same but the "real estate" "inside" of the window grows so that I can put more objects "inside" of it that are then visible when the user moves the scroll bar. Somehow I should not be touching THISFORM.Height or THISFORM.Width....?
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>This is really a conundrum...
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>Albert