I'm starting to write a control panel by modifying the shell that came with FB. So far I've tried to put my own DITL in place of the one that was there before. Now when I compile the cdev and double-click on it, the dialog items are displayed too far to the left. I've checked my nrct resource and it looks fine. Now I'm stumped. Any help would be appreciated. ____________ wave (Toronto, Canada) Much better at "OOPS!" programming than OOP programming.