Instead of:

MODIFY FILE c:\whatever.txt WINDOW W1

I typed:

MODIFY FILE c:\whatever.txt IN WINDOW W1

And that is why I was talking about the window W2 being too small to fit the contents of the modi file window.
If you include the word IN the scroll bars will appear every time, but it is probably the look you want.
I will look at the code you posted and this time I will cut and paste and not rely on my typing skills <s>
Einar

>Thanks Einar!
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>But the scroll bars don't show up even if the window is maximized, either at runtime or after being displayed.
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>I did try putting a NAME clause in the definition statement and then putting a windowname.ScrollBars = 3 (3 is both, 0 is none, and 1 and 2 are the horizontal and vertical only options) before activating or displaying the window.
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>Sometimes that worked, and other times it wouldn't. I could run the program 10 times, quitting out of Fox after each run, and only have the scroll bars show up 1 or 2 times.
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>Chris