sarat12in wrote: is there any way that i can get the system format fist and pass it as a string to SetFormat? Yes. Use GetDateFormat() and GetTimeFormat(). "Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown "The brick walls are there for a reason...to stop the people who don't want it badly enough." - Randy Pausch

yaar thank you i found it thanx for the help ... it really worked for me

Can you check the values of "line" and "page" scroll in your control? It seems that it doesn't match, and that the control is not erasing the previous lines. BTW, a bit of your code (creation and/or both click messages) would be helpfull Regards. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you “The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

thanx for ur reply but i cudnt understand can u plz explain me lil bit more and can u give me pointers on that info and links will do plz reply me again

The only way to write a useful chat program as a web app is to use AJAX. I'd say you'd be better off doing something else before you attempt this. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

sarat12in wrote: please let me know wether GDI+ works on win2k r no They hide that information in the documentation[^]