Thanks David!

>Jim,
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>>I realize fully the GUI implications ;-) I await Craig's admonishment.
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>You've already been admonished once, Craig's will just be icing on the cake. *L*

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, how sweet it is!

>>I have a sizeable container on a form. I need a user to be able to 'trace' the container outline (from within or from ouside) under specific form conditions. At the user's request. Quite basically, have the mouse respond as it does within the Windows desktop, and trace the screen border.
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>Check this MSDN article for some ideas http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarvbtips/html/msdn_msdn37.asp

Interestingly enough, I was just muddling around in VB6 trying to get the same functionality. Your search abilities are appreciated!! Thanks again.