Got it. The XmlnsDefinition must reside within the assembly that I am referencing, not the project that is performing the referencing......

Thanks for the response ExpertComing. The posts prior to yours describes my methods and they do precisely what you illustrate. However, they still don't seem to align with the windows.forms.button text when it is centered. Any other suggestions? Thanks again. PHD

Hey Ian, Once again, thanks for the response. I don't seem to have an issue aligning to the sides. I just can't calculate the proper "X" value while centering the desired text. This is completely beyond me. I really appreciate your help. If you have any other suggestions, I would like to hear them. Thanks again PHD

Thanks for the help guys. P

This article(http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/treecollection.asp[^]) can help you manipulate your treeview.I used the tree collection described in above article to add ,save and load tree nodes ... Very useful. DevIntelligence.com - My blog for .Net Developers

Yeah, that is what I was going to do. I just didn't know if there was a better way of doing it. Thanks for your help.

Curtis, I am trying to control the number of instances of each form as well. So, working off of the previous code, I added this: public static void LoadFormType(Type formType, Form parentForm, int instances) { lock( typeof( FormLoader ) ) { if( eh == null ) { eh = new EventHandler( FormClosed ); } } if( IsAlreadyLoaded( formType ) ) { Form f = GetForm( formType ); f.Focus(); f.BringToFront(); return; } Form frm = (Form)Activator.CreateInstance(formType); FlagAsLoaded( formType, frm, instances );// DictionaryEntry[] myArr = new DictionaryEntry[m_InitializedForms.Count];//added m_InitializedForms.CopyTo( myArr, 0 );//added if(myArr[m_InitializedForms[formType.FullName]].Value <= instances)//added, clearly the cast types are wrong, but you get the idea { frm.Closed += eh; frm.Show(); } } private static void FlagAsLoaded( Type formType, Form f, int instances )// { m_InitializedForms[formType.FullName] = f; m_InitializedForms.Add(f, instances);//added } Then I would load a form as such: FormLoader.LoadFormType(typeof(Form2), this, 1); "1" indicating how many instances of the form should be allowed. Thanks again for your help. -- modified at 8:31 Monday 19th December, 2005

Simply import the user32 dll and call the SetWindowText() method. using System.Runtime.InteropServices; [DllImport("User32.dll")] public static extern int SetWindowText(IntPtr hwnd , string str); [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.Run(new Form1()); } private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { SetWindowText(this.Handle , "Title"); } Thanks again for your help.

That's because you wanted a generic method to do the job. If you don't have a hashtable, how will you know if a form a has been instantiated or not? In other words, from where will you get the instance of the form to check if it's null or disposed? Regards Senthil _____________________________ My Blog | My Articles | WinMacro

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Try to write the whole namespace in front of the initialization. ex. System.Windows.Forms.Form f = new System.Windows.Forms.Form(); ^^replace with the _Form's namespace. There may be another Form with same name which is inaccesable (private or protected) I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set. And I think I need a Lear jet.

Have you search for rotate image here on CodeProject?

You are the man! Thanks for your help and the speedy response. P

Probably because it's being interpreted as a binary value. Put a ' character before the "t" in "true", like this: someCellReference.Value = "'true". This tells Excel that the value should be interpreted as a string. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

no problem, hopefully i was some help :) regards, g00fy