SWAG, Try to change font to Courier New or Arial.

>hmmm - for the life of me i dont know what i have done to make it happen, here are the Settings Not To Defualt:
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>Form:
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>borderstyle = fixed
>caption = MyForm
>alwaysontop = .t.
>Fontname = 'fixedsys'
>maximized = .t.
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>Textbox:
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>Fontname = 'fixedsys'
>Controlsource = mVARIABLE ( a character string )
>plus the height, width and top, left