Herman,

>
> You also doesn't need to create & destroy the brush anytime it draws.
> Just create it one time, use it subsequently until you don't need it
> anymore ( or end of the application ) then destroy it.
>

Ah, good. Then I'll create it in the MouseDown and keep the handle until MouseUp

>
> Glad you can make it worked. Now you know it's not too hard, right ;-)
>

Well, the problem is not the coding itself. It's that You have to know how to
get there. Finding the functions in the SDK is the easiest job; knowing how
to use witch of them in order to achieve the goal is the problem.

I think Its like getting on a submarine and trying to drive it. I'd know what
I want and I basicly know how it works. But I would not know witch buttons to
press in witch order to make it work properly.

>
> I think you already know this, but I just want to tell about this line:

> nLeft = Buff2Num( cRect, (4*0)+1, .F. )

> The rectangle value actually is a type of LONG . But I use WORD conversion
> instead, because I think windows rectangle will never reach the highest WORD
> value (0xFFFF). So it's up to you which one you want to use.
>

My String2Long-Method is already a member of the class and I think, I'll take that.
I want this class to be completely standalone, as I'd like to publish it here, so
others can download it.

I don't like using other's classes where You have a big overhead, procedures and vcx's
that need to be part of the project, just to implement a single functionality.

At the moment I use a Bitmap for the corner (dots) but I think I'll better paint the
dots using the windows system colors for Button Sun and Shade (I know how to get those ;-) ).

Win2K (or Themes switched off) does not use Dots in the lower left corner, it has diagonal lines

I'll tell You, when it's done.

Frank