>Hi all, I just installed an app of mine on a laptop and guess what ? the main opening form ( which has a lot of info on it ) is way too large for the laptop. I seem to recall in VFP there was a maximum design area which gave you a pretty good idea what would fit - is there something like this in VS ? or is this the wrong way to go ? ( I have a feeling it is :-( ) All suggestions gratefully received

As John suggests *never*, unless you have very good reasons, hard code a Height or Width for a window (or, for that matter, anything else). If you do want to constrain the upper limits use MaxWidth/MaxHeight. Otherwise, If you want the window to fill the current screen you can just set WindowState to WindowState.Maximized.

HTH