>Larry ---
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>Can't be done directly. Now, what type of object is the status bar and why can't you put code to adjust itself by testing _SCREEN top, left, et al on status bar refresh?
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>>I'm trying to resize a custom status bar when the screen is resized...
>>I'm having some trouble with a top level form so I'd like to ditch that option and just use the _screen object... My goal is to put code in the _screen.refresh method to resize the status bar...
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>>Any ideas???
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>>TIA

The problem is there is no system triggered event to tell you when to check. Only way I know is to use a timer. (Supercls uses a similar technique)