Hi

Make sure that there is no cation, that there are no control buttons, and the form should not be moveable.

Mace

>Hi All,
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>I am creating a simple splash form that will show up before the main app form.
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>So, I have set the following form properties:
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>.BorderStyle = 0    && for no border
>.ShowWindow = 2     && as top level form
>.Titlebar = 0       && off, as in no title bar
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>Upon running the form, all the objects in it appear to be pushed down. In fact, the last line of text which is at the bottommost part is gone. When BorderStyle is set to 3 (resizable), a titlebar even shows up even if TitleBar property is 0 (off)!
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>So what I did was just 'compensate' for this weird behavior by extending the height of the form at design time.
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>Am I missing out on some other setting?
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>Appreciate any help. Thanks!
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>Dennis