>>>Which is probably using FONTMETRIC(6) or FONTMETRIC(7), or some combination of the two....
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>>Thanks Garrett. That's exactly what I needed. Since I am using Courier New (non-
>>proportional), I can be pretty precise with my object widths.
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>Ah, good. :-) I like Lucida Console myself, but... :-) If you were doing this on a form,
>instead of in a grid, I would have suggested using the Form.TextWidth method.

Another interesting approach. Thanks again. I don't have Lucida Console on my machine. Is this a standard font or do you have to distribute it with your apps?