>>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?
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>Hi Mike,
>
>I just tried shadowing the form then drag the form around. The shadow does not disappear.
>BTW, this API function is fairly easy. Try this from command window:
>

>Declare Long GetClassLong in User32 Long nhWnd, Integer nIndex
>Declare Long SetClassLong in User32 ;
>   Long nhWnd, Integer nIndex, Long dwNewLong
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>nDefaultStyle = GetClassLong( _VFP.hWnd, -26 )
>SetClassLong( _VFP.hWnd, -26, BitOr( nDefaultStyle, 0x20000 ))
>

>
>It will turn on the shadow for any VFP top-level form that has a same Class name (I think). For testing:
>- Create a blank form, set ShowWindow = 2 - As Top-Level Form
>- Run it
>- Close the form then re-run it, see whether the shadow still in effect
>
>To turn off the shadow you just need to reset the class style to the default value
>

>SetClassLong( _VFP.hWnd, -26, nDefaultStyle )
>

>
>Regards

Thanks Herman,

That was cool. The shadow didn't disappear after dragging. Now why does it vanish from within VFP (like the Find dialog does)? Also, I guess there is no way to have this shadow for all VFP forms (ie. not only top-level).

Mike