>>if you create a top level form, you can handle the resize events very easily
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>Yes, but that introduces other problems. A timer could be placed on the status bar form to check the size of the screen.
How about putting the activex statusbar in a bottom-docked toolbar in _screen? I use this method in a top-level, and it works great...
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