Thanks for the answers. I'm still experimenting, but the really helped push me in the right direction.

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Nevermind, I found the answer: Me.grpQuadrant.Controls.Add(btn)

Thank you both!

Thanks! That helped alot. I found a pretty good link on this, because of your answer (doing more research). It's http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=29477[^]. I got my code working the way I want now. Thanks again.

Create a handler for the GotFocus event & use SelectAll method. This works for tabbing between controls. Select all on click is a difficult, because the control uses mouseDown to set the caret. You could handle the MouseDown event in the same way as GotFocus & see if you like the result. Rob "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind"

Just wanted to say thanks for this post - this is an area that is new to me and you have answered a question I had. 5 Stars :) Guy You always pass failure on the way to success.

I appreciate all the answers. Thanks.

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I was a little freaked by the code, but got the general idea of what you were trying to say. Again I appreciate all the help. This is a great site to get ideas for things and how to do things.

Hi, Me.BackColor = SomeOtherCode.BackColor is always a bit tricky, because even if you are sure that SomeOtherCode is running when your form loads, SomeOtherCode.BackColor may nevertheless not be in memory at that exact moment. Best is to pass SomeOtherCode.BackColor to a public variable when your application starts, then you can easily change the value of that variable on the fly (if necessary). Then Me.BackColor = PublicVariableMyBackGroundColor should work whenever your form loads. Johan My advice is free, and you may get what you paid for.

I thought I had tried something similar, but I may not have. That gives me something to go on. I appreciate the help. Thanks.

In the forms property viewer set the WindowState property to Maximized or at runtime add Me.WindowState = Maximized