>COOL, I got all of this so far.
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>Now I am having a related problem.
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>When I make the form, add the objects, turn the scroll bar on, VFP changes the width of my form to just slightly smaller than the stuff I have on it!!
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>I have tried everything I know to do and it keeps making it as wide as it wants to!!
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>Ultra frustrating...
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>Is this a bug? Am I doing something wrong?

The only thing I notice is that rather than the form getting smaller, the form adds the scrollbar without resizing to allow for it's width. If this is the problem, you should probably just make sure there's enough room on the side of the form for the scrollbar.