You'll have to put code in the resize event to check when being maximized and then control the size and location of the form yourself.
I don't think AlwaysOnTop for the left-hand pane will work as your form will maximize underneath it.
>If you have Office 2003, then you have seen the pane that appears to the
>right of the Document/Workbook/Project, ect. I am designing a similar approach.
>
>My pane is a container added to _Screen at startup. Problem is, when windows are
>then opened, it's possible to maximize the window
over the pane.
>
>Here's my app
before the window is maximized, and
after>
>In VFP, how do you keep a window from maximizing over the pane?
>
>Here's 2 shots of Excel doing what I want:
>
before>
after
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer