>J.,
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>Does a word processor like Wond give you the creeps?. . . I doubt it.
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>So what's the difference between VFP having a form which is not entirely visible and Word showing only part of a document?
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>Cheers,
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>Jim N
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>>>Folks,
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>>>VFP6 has added a Scrollbars proprty to fomrs. You can now have vertical, horizontal, or both scrollbars in a form. There are new properties for you to use in managingthe scrollbars and the area of the form in sight. The display area of the formis called the View Port.
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>>>The new properties are ViewPortTop, ViewPortLeft, ViewPortHeight, and ViewPortWidth. These properties are read only at desing and runtime. There is a method named SetViewPort that can be used to chage the ViewPortLeft and ViewPortTop properties. The other two change when you change the size of the form, or the user resizes the form.
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>>>The scrollbars are smart in that they will disappear if the user resizes the form such that they are no longer necessary.
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>>>Finally, there is a scrolled event that allows you to respond programmatically to the user scrolling with the scrollbars.
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>>It is good to have as much functionality as we can get from a development language. It's just that I'm not sure if the whole idea behind scrollable forms is right from an UI standpoint. Maybe it's just me, but the idea of placing controls not visible to the user at form's start gives me the creeps.

I've just heard some good cases where scrollable forms will be desirable. You must be referring to Word or I haven't heard of a word processor called 'Wond'. Maybe I should've included ".. for common business administration applications" at the end of my post. I find natural user resistance to new applications trouble enough to put more weight on an implementation schedule using scrollable forms. Though FWIW, word processing is not VFP's bread and butter.