Try FindWindow() or upgrade to VFP9 so you can use hWnd property of a form.

>Closer...
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>But it returns the position relative to the VFP main screen, not the active form... what am i missing?
>
>

>procedure getCoord
>parameters xcoord,ycoord
>
>Local lcPOINT
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetCursorPos IN Win32API ;
>	STRING@
>Declare Long ScreenToClient in User32 Long hWnd, String @cPoint
>
>Declare integer GetActiveWindow in WIN32API
>
>lcPOINT = SPACE(8)
>
>HWnd = GetActiveWindow()
>
>ret = GetCursorPos(@lcPOINT)
>=ScreenToClient( hWnd, @lcPoint )
>IF ret == 0
>	XCoord	= MCOL(3)
>	YCoord	= MROW(3)
>ELSE
>	XCoord	= ASC(LEFT(m.lcPOINT,1))+256*ASC(SUBSTR(m.lcPOINT,2,1))
>	YCoord	= ASC(SUBSTR(m.lcPOINT,5,1))+256*ASC(SUBSTR(m.lcPOINT,6,1))
>ENDIF
>