Claudio,

Thanks again for your help and creative ideas. Here's what I've decided to do inspired by your suggestion (and the feedback of others as well):

To determine the number of rows required to display a word wrapped text string in a form of a given width, I'm going to use the GetWordNum() function of VFP 7 and build each word wrapped line one at a time. I will keep adding words to a line until txtwidth() * fontmetric( 6 ) becomes greater than the form width at which point I will start building another line. Plus I'll add some logic for handling carriage returns and linefeeds.

Regards,
Malcolm

>Hi Malcom;
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>I really glad to help you to find the answer of your need.
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>>the edit control does not have an Autosize property. The label control has an autosize property, but its text value must be less than 256 characters.
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>The fontmetric(7) gives you the maximun width (in pixels) of a single character. You can assembler your form using this like the main coordinate for your form's width.
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>Claudio