Ron,

I'm glad you found what you were looking for, and thanks for the recommendation. I'll be looking into it.

Tracy

>Tracy,
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>I just purchased Alexander Grigorjev Control set that is here in UT file section. It gave exactly what I was looking for. I tried several OCX schemes that basically all worked the same. None would load into a container class. All required either a form or a toolbar class. All had different problems or missing features.
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>Alex's class is written in VFP code and API calls to the OS Dll's. Is built inside a VFP container class. So I can load exactly as I was looking for. Does not require an OCX. Can be bound and distributed into an EXE. full source code can be had for a very fair price of which I purchased. Is XP theme compatable. I develop on a powerful XP workstation with an Enhanced Theme software called window blinds. VFP 8.0 with this statusbar honors the Windows Blinds Theme. I know its eye candy but its interesting to see how this is done in VFP.
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>Anyway highly reccommend.