Hi,
Try installing on a W2K machine and see what happens, seem to remember a problem with ME.

>Hi Neil,
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>Thank you for dropping in.
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>>GDI+ ?
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>This was also my feeling. I ticked the GDI+ option within InstallShield Express. I was copied over with the VFP9* dll. I still wonder whether it is used correcty.
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>>>I am currently deploying my first VFP 9 application thru the Installshield Express for VFP. A plain vanilla application with a bunch of activeX.
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>>>The test deployment is a WIN ME machine. Everything runs fine except for the toolbar and status bar that won't show up. The same application runs fine on the win2K dev. machine.
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>Frank