Thanks to everyone who replied...this sounds like the best solution for my situation right now:)

>I generally save and restore form positions from an ini file.
>
>You can save the current position to the ini file using something like this:
>
>

>lcValue = ALLTRIM(STR(MAX(THISFORM.Top,0))) + ',' + ;
>          ALLTRIM(STR(MAX(THISFORM.Left,0))) + ',' + ;
>          ALLTRIM(STR(MAX(THISFORM.Height,0))) + ',' + ;
>          ALLTRIM(STR(MAX(THISFORM.Width,0)))
>ENDIF
>
>*-- Write the entry to the INI file
>
>=WritePrivStr("WindowPositions", lcCaption, ;
>              lcValue, MyIniFile)
>
>

>
>And you can restore the position by reading the value from the ini file:
>
>*-- Read the window position from the INI file
>IF GetPrivStr("WindowPositions", lcCaption, "", ;
> @lcBuffer, LEN(lcBuffer), ;
> MyIniFile) > 0
>
>Of course, you will need to declare these functions to use them like so:
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetPrivateProfileString IN Win32API AS GetPrivStr ;
> String cSection, String cKey, String cDefault, String @cBuffer, ;
> Integer nBufferSize, String cINIFile
>
>DECLARE INTEGER WritePrivateProfileString IN Win32API AS WritePrivStr ;
> String cSection, String cKey, String cValue, String cINIFile
>
>HTH
>
>Marcia