Here's some code you can play with - it's the closest I could get on a single-line edit control. Multiline edit controls may work better since they allow you to change the formatting rect. Hopefully this will give you a general idea of a way to do it :) CString str = _T("Test Text"); // Get text extent CFont *pFont = m_Edit1Edit.GetFont(); CWindowDC dc(this); CFont *pOldFont = dc.SelectObject(pFont); CSize TextSize = dc.GetTextExtent(str); dc.SelectObject(pOldFont); // Calculate the new size and resize the control CRect WindowRect; CRect ClientRect; CRect FormatRect; m_Edit1Edit.GetWindowRect(&WindowRect); m_Edit1Edit.GetClientRect(&ClientRect); m_Edit1Edit.GetRect(&FormatRect); CSize BorderSize; BorderSize.cx = WindowRect.Width() - FormatRect.Width(); BorderSize.cy = WindowRect.Height() - ClientRect.Height(); m_Edit1Edit.SetWindowPos(0, 0, 0, TextSize.cx + BorderSize.cx, TextSize.cy + BorderSize.cy, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOMOVE); // Set the control's text m_Edit1Edit.SetWindowText(str); "Posting a VB.NET question in the C++ forum will end in tears." Chris Maunder

A btrieve error 85 is thrown, which means the file is locked. Right now, my solution to this problem conbsists of looping through a try-catch block and keep trying until the file is unlocked. I was just wondering whether there is a more elegant solution to that.. bool bSuccess = false; int nCount = 0; while (!bSuccess && nCount < 30) { try { da.Update(dsControl, "Control"); // this throws the exception if // there is a lock on Control bSuccess = true; } catch (Exception ex) { nCount++; } } I suspect something wrong with Pervasive SQL 8.0.. :$

The only way that I know to do this is to make your own button class derived from control. Then you can use the mouse events from the control class.

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Well.. I can't find them in the property window of the button. I have KeyDown, KeyUp and a bunch of other events but not MouseDown and MouseUp.