Did you try

nTargetRow = (OBJTOCLIENT(THIS.Btn1, 1) + THIS.Btn1.HEIGHT)/(_screen.height/srows())
nTargetCol = OBJTOCLIENT(THIS.Btn1, 2)/(_screen.width/scols())

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>as a result of thread #990914 i have writen my own ToolBar class. works great and was a lot less work then i originaly thought. however, i got a problem with the placement for a popup which acts as the dopdown menu for the dropdown button. the popup displays way off from where it supposed to be.
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>the Btn1 object is located inside a container, which is located inside a container (the toolbar container), which is located in the top/left coordanate of a form.
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>the following code is a simplyfied version of what i got. i can not change the ScaleMode temporarly, because on the same form is the OutLook ListBar (from the download section) which throughs errors as soon you change the ScaleMode.
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>Even though, i tryied changing the scale mode anyway, just to see if i would get close, but at no success.

>* *** i can not use scalemode as this interferes with the Outlook ListBar
>* *** (downloadeble in the download section)
>* ***	OldFormScaleUnit = THISFORM.SCALEMODE
>* ***	OldScreenScaleUnit = _SCREEN.SCALEMODE
>* ***	THISFORM.SCALEMODE = 0
>* ***	_SCREEN.SCALEMODE = 0
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>* ***	THISFORM.SCALEMODE = OldFormScaleUnit
>* ***	_SCREEN.SCALEMODE = OldScreenScaleUnit
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>* *** seems to returns in pixels
>nTargetRow = OBJTOCLIENT(THIS.Btn1, 1) + THIS.Btn1.HEIGHT
>nTargetCol = OBJTOCLIENT(THIS.Btn1, 2)
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>* *** for simplizity i've take out the border/titlebar calculation
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>DEFINE POPUP m_MenuButtons SHORTCUT RELATIVE margin
>*DEFINE POPUP m_MenuButtons SHORTCUT RELATIVE FROM m.nTargetRow, m.nTargetCol
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>DEFINE BAR m.i OF m_MenuButtons ;
>	PROMPT "Test"
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>* *** seems to need need foxels
>ACTIVATE POPUP m_MenuButtons at m.nTargetRow, m.nTargetCol

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>I thank you for all your help in advance!