I wouldn't think you could use the form designer unless the workstation has a licence of VFP. And, you probably don't want users with that kind of control anyways.

Anyways, something along the lines of a local table (each workstation might want different settings) that stores some properties for each control in the container. See the Controls Property. Then code in your form (and other containers) class that positions the controls. And of course a way to drag and drop controls and code in your form class to save the positions (and whatever else) of the controls when you exit the form.

Actually, maybe a table on the server that stores settings per user would be better. So no matter what workstation you are working-on, the forms look the same to you.

Sounds like fun.

Joe


>I had a feature request which I want to run be the users in this group.
>They would like the ability to modify forms and move the screen layout
>within my EXE file.
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>I built such a feature on one screen but it is complicated
>and I would like somehow to use the form designer.
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>My idea is:
>Use the form designer somehow and load the screen based on the values grabbed from the form designer.
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>Has anyone tried this?
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>Any ideas how this could be realized.