A good thought.......Unfortunately, neither DOEVENTS nor INKEY() change the behavior. Setting the caption on the label does not seem to reset the width.


>Rich,
>
>I think vfp only updates the width when it's not busy
>
>

>>lcOldCaption = This.label1.caption ---> "Action Text"
>>lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57
>>This.label1.Caption = tcCaption ------> "Update Chassis Information"
>
>=INKEY(.0001)  && may help, or a doevents
>
>>lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57 ??????????
>>This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)
>
>

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>>I tried this and got the same result, even with the debugger turned on. Maybe my basic understanding is flawed.
>>
>>My assumption was that if the textbox AutoSize is set to .T. then the textbox will resize whenever the caption changes. If this is not correct, then is there something else I must do (beside try to calculate the width of the control manually) to reset the width? Right now, when I run through the debugger I see

>>* Method SetCaption
>>LPARAMETERS tcCaption
>>lcOldCaption = This.label1.caption ---> "Action Text"
>>lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57
>>This.label1.Caption = tcCaption ------> "Update Chassis Information"
>>lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width -------> 57 ??????????
>>This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)
>>

>>
>>Once again, all help greatly appreciated
>>
>>>Rich,
>>>
>>>Create method SetCaption for container class and use it instead of settting label caption directly
>>>

>>>* Method SetCaption
>>>LPARAMETERS tcCaption
>>>lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width
>>>This.label1.Caption = tcCaption
>>>lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width
>>>This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)
>>>

>>>
>>>>I've created a container class. It has a label class inside it. The label class has AutoSize set to TRUE. It also has an Assign method

>>>>LPARAMETERS vNewVal
>>>>
>>>>THIS.CAPTION = m.vNewVal
>>>>This.Parent.Width = this.Width + this.Parent.image1.Width + 2

>>>>
>>>>If I step through this code, the container resizes properly.
>>>>
>>>>However, without stepping through the code, the Width of the label does not reset when it is given a new value. It retains the width of the label in the class definition.
>>>>
>>>>I've tried putting This.Refresh and This.Parent.Refresh at various points in the method, but to no avail.
>>>>