When I get in tomorrow, I'm going to send the three pieces of code to Greg, and he'll put it with his projecthooks list on his web site.

I'll see what he does, then if necessary, I'll post it here in the downloads.

Hope that's ok.

>Hi Alan,
>
>can you post the hook it in downloads?
>
>Agnes
>>What I finally did (about 5 minutes ago) was to mess a little with Calvin's code to handle scx and vcx files and then messed with it a bit more so I could embed it into a projecthook in the beforebuild event. Now I don't need to worry about it when I save files. When I build, everything gets fixed before the compile.
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>>>I have look at Calvin's solution, but have tried it yet. Thanks for the heads-up about forms inside VCXs.
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>>>>Yes. I did some checking and you're right. This fix is not about the border repaint issue. I assume Calvin's code does that, but again, you need to remember to fix the order of items in the property field whenever you save a form - new or existing.
>>>>
>>>>I notice also that Calvin's code (I'd only use it as a one time run) only fixes the properties in an scx file, and doesn't do anything to the forms within a vcx file. I don't know whether it's necessary or not. I assume it isn't a problem with inherited forms, but I'm not sure about instances of those form class objects using createobject() and form.show()
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>>>>>I beleive this fixes the highlighting issue in the listbox. Without it, this listbox behaves like you are multiselecting items as you move through the list.
>>>>>
>>>>>>I use this code in the startup program (I can't remember where it came from, but seems to fix border issues):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>IF VAL(OS(3)) > 5
>>>>>> DECLARE INTEGER GdiSetBatchLimit IN WIN32API INTEGER
>>>>>> GdiSetBatchLimit(1)
>>>>>>ENDIF
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Agreed, I thought SP2 was mostly about Vista compatibility. I've tried it on a laptop and desktop, and the bad behavior happens on both unless I turn off Aero. I'm astounded that they didn't fix this. What were they doing all this time? So now the best case is that I have to remember to run Calvin's utility every time I create a new form (thanks to him for the utility, though!)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Also, any time you change a form. Saving an existing form will re-order the information in the properties field of the scx file.