>ahhh - well i also wanted to use it to be able to show a portion of a data entry sreen on a smaller sized computer monitor...

There are no native scrollbars for the containers (however that can be done with some scrollbars ActiveX and extra code for repositioning). You might try to use the form with scrollbars, but I am not sure how good it will go along with your two parent/child windows requirement. May be you will need to revise your intended interface.