>>>I wish I had the time to test for myself. Hopefully someone else will give you some more advice.
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>>Maybe _screen object contains or sysmetric() returns something useful for this calculation ?
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>That would be _screen.activeform, I guess?
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>If this is something you need on several forms, why not add an invisible editbox to your form subclass? When you need it, you fill it with data and make it visible.

Depending on the design of the app, another option is to have a dedicated global notification area. This could be visible all the time, or visible only when a form passes message(s).

Advantages are this doesn't necessarily obscure any part of any form, and the user gets used to looking at notifications in a single place. This can also be relatively easily adapted to support a global log of messages.

Possible disadvantages are loss of available screen space, and the messages not being obviously connected with forms that generate them.