>Trying to keep vertical border the same size but stretch the controls vertically. This is basically a FORM with a fixed Border (3/4" top,left,bottom,right) and the some controls need to stretch vertically 1 or two lines without stretching the border. Can that be done?


Forgive me for being dense but I just can't picture this. Usually the side borders are vertical lines that go from the page header to the page footer and consequently appear as a continuous vertical line down the whole page.


>Thanks for the info. I realize that you can't always have your cake and eat it to. But how many times must we re-invent the wheel? These are simple things that Microsoft should provide in their wizards to help newbies sail along a little faster. I have a very simple framework for DOS FP 2.6 that creates the needed code for the standard add,edit,delete,next etc. Don't know exactly what to do to use these with the FORMS. (What does the FORM do to control Record pointers,record locks,release etc.)

You are running into two issues here. One is that you are still wanting to program in DOS with some updated forms on the front end. VFP is a whole different animal. You can pull your new Rolls Royce with a team of horses, but it's really more advantageous to learn to drive it.

The second is that MS moved FoxPro from being an end-user "Wizard" tool like Access to being a "developer's tool." It's not "quick and easy" any more, but it's much more robust.

You need to "learn VFP." That means a somewhat difficult, painful, learning curve. Think of VFP as a whole new programming language with a few familiar commands.