>>I see that you're using VFP9 SP1 under Windows XP (Pro?). Check this out. Open a form method and do a find (Ctrl+F). If your setup is the same as mine, the find dialog has a cool shadow under it. Now drag this dialog around. As expected, the shadow follows it around. Now stop dragging it. Guess what? No more shadow. Go figure.
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>>Not that it helps you any, but it would be cool if we could use this capability in our VFP apps (and not lose the shadow at the end of a drag operation).
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>Hi Mike,
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>The shadow is the capability from OS. Basically yes, you can add it to the form. However, according to explanation in MSDN, it is intended to be use for a small form/window and top-level form. But I haven't tried too far with it. I only tried it for shadowing DropDown combobox in VFP6 & VFP7
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>You might want to try it yourself. Look for SetClassLong() API in MSDN and use CS_DROPSHADOW for the window class style.
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>Hope this helps a little

Thanks Herman. The whole Windows API stuff is a bit beyond me. Just curious...does the shadow disappear for you when you stop dragging the form?