>Hi Markus,
>I'm using Activebar also and I was curious to know what you mean that the entire row is used by the control? I have my activebar on my toplevel form and I can place in-toplevel forms on top of the activebar. Do you mean that I can't place another control over it on the toplevel form?
>While I'm on that topic, is there a way to make the activebar remain at the top so that no other forms can be place over it? (Like a regular toolbar). I don't see any property setting to make it remain on top.
>Thanks
>Allen

I guess, you may drop Active-X StatusBar on your toolbar and e.g. Dock this toolbar on the bottom.