>Hi Gang!
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>Quickie Question.....
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>I have two fields on the form
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>field1 field2
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>in line with each other.
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>I will change the caption of field1 and field2 as needed.
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>I want field2 to slide over to the right so as not to overlap with field1 when field1 changes its caption.
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>I tried this....
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>Thisform.field2.Left = Thisform.field1.Left + Thisform.field1.Width + 20
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>But the width of field1 stays the same as what was in the designer.... it did not change!
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>Any idea what I am doing wrong? Sometimes I feel so dumb..... sigh....
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>Thanks
>Tommy

Make sure AutoSize is set to .T.. You may also need to turn off anchoring temporarily if the controls are anchored.