Garrett,

Thanks, I like that suggestion. Especially since my message box's are only for informational purposes, no choices need to be made such as yes/no/cancel.

Mandy

>>Is there any way to increase the font size of message text in a messagebox?
>
>AFAIK, this is controlled by the Appearance tab in the Display ControlPanel.
>The best way around it is probably to write your own modal form that mimics the
>behavior of the messagebox.
>

>#include \vfp\foxpro.h
>
>nOptions = MB_ICONQUESTION + MB_YESNOCANCEL + MBDEFBUTTON1
>cMessage = "Save this record?"
>cCaption = "MyApp"
>lnRetVal = IDNO
>
>DO myMsgBox WITH cMessage, nOptions, cCaption TO lnRetVal
>
>IF lnRetVal = IDYES
>   * something or other
>ENDif

>
>and in the form, have a very large label with WordWrap = .T., and an OleControl
>to show the icon, and all 7 or so buttons defaulting to Visible = .F. until
>the Form.Init finds out which ones you want and sets focus as appropriate...