Sure, that would work fine. But then say the user closes the MessageBox() and then goes on to doing some other things on the screen. There is the possibility that he/she will forget about the message (I know my attention span can be pretty short sometimes <g>). With the flashing message it is a constant reminder of say, a critical task. I agree that there are many other means of getting the users attention. Just miss that flashing text option after all these years LOL

>>To be honest I see their point in some instances -- the most recent request I got was for a flashing "Payment 60 Day Late!" label when operators pulled up a record while they were on the phone with a customer.
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>I still dunno, if I had a message I needed to get to the user, I would pop it up in a MessageBox() when the opened the record. Then the user woudl have to acknowlegde the message.