>>See the example in my FAQ #8110, for a starting point. The FAQ gives you the basic idea; from there, it should be easy to continue.
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>>HTH, Hilmar.
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>That's great thanks.
Perhaps 'twas the .Visible part you were missing. Added objects (as well as forms, instanciated with CreateObject()) automatically have .Visible = .F.; this allows you to manipulate the visual properties without the user seeing objects jumping around on the screen.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)