The laptop did have a different resolution. And its a Dell wide screen so there is more width than usual.

There is a MaximumSize property on the form that you could set on the base class.

Also there is some screen information (grid size) stored in the .resx file that the designer uses. Maybe that has something to do with it.

>Dave,
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>I had another thought. In vfp we set the screen resolution in the IDE so the forms and controls are generated correctly. Even if I am working in a 1024 X 768 pixel environment, I can tell the vfp IDE that I will be deploying in a 800 X 600 environment. Does VS 2003 have a similar feature. Could this be what is tripping us up? Did your laptop have a different screen resolution than you other computer?
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>Neil
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>>Thank you Dave,
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>>Kevin has also seen the problem. I have been instructed to reset the anchoring of controls back to the default, namely top,left.
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>>Neil
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>>>>Hi Mortals,
>>>The buttons dance away to the right once again. What is going here? Do I have the vs ide set up wrong or is there a problem with thr mmMaintenance form in version 1.0?
>>>>
>>>
>>>I don't have a solution, but it may console you to know you are not alone. This happened to me when I copied a MM.NET project that was under sourcesafe to my laptop. I think it only happened when I modified the form and then ran it. Each time I ran it the controls got bigger and moved their position. I haven't been developing on my laptop recently but I'll take a look at it later today.
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>>>Anyway, It's not a jump start problem and I don't think its a mere mortals problem.
>>>
>>>Are you using VS2003?