Ric,
It sounds like there's an error in whatever code is being used to handle form resizing. I think you need to spend some time in the debugger tracing through the Init() and Resize() events.
>Further to this... as I resize a form it goes way out of alignment...
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>>I have a form object. In designer mode - all of the textboxes are aligned. When I run the form, all of the objects go out of alignment... what is the secret here??