>The LockScreen thing did the trick. Thanks very much. I didn't even think about using there.
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>I've heard the artifact term used in other programming circles and by microsoft.
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>Thanks...
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>Rob.

Glad the LockScreen worked for you. Another thing you can do to "repaint" a form is to use the .CLS method. (how's that for a throwback to the old BASIC language!)