> the last time I tried that it wouldn't work unless the form was within the actual boundries of the screen. If it was off the screen it didn't get refreshed. I had to create a modless form with the text box behind my working form. I may have been using VFP 5.0 at the time. I now use 6.0.

Probably, but the twist on that is the label doesn't have to be within the form. Thats what I was refereing to when I moved the label up 20 past the top.