Thanks, I'll give this a look. You wouldn't know how to change the font by any chance would you?

Gary

>>Hi,
>>I want to do some simple work with the status bar and would like to control the display a little better. Right now my text bounces around because of the proportional font. If I can change fonts or get the font metric info in order to deal with spaces, that is all I need. Any info on the statusbar? Thanks.
>>
>Hi Gary,
>
>You can use How to get form caption font properties FAQ #7959. The lfStatusFont info starts at position 221 and has the same structure as lfCaptionFont. More info at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/nonclientmetrics_str.asp?frame=true and http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdi/fontext_1wmq.asp?frame=true