>Is there any way to draw in the bottom part of a resizeable window ? I mean
>between the two lines that would enclose the scroll bar if there was one. I
>want to put in the dimensions of the window ie 200x345 which will change
>when I get a resize event. I can put an edit field at the bottom left of
>the drawing area but would love to drop it down between the two lines. I'm
>guessing the only way would be to create a whole custom window which I'm
>reluctant to get into at the moment. Is there any nice simple way ?

There is a file running around somewhere called "GROW.FLTR". I think it 
may have been one of Greg Neagle's projects from long ago.

The idea is to create the window as non-growable. When you draw the 
window, call DRAWGROWICON to draw the grow icon and scroll bar boxes. 
Then you can draw on top of them to your heart's content.

Another way is simply to force the clip region to "open up" over the spot 
you want to draw in:

DIM theClip&, openUpClip&
theClip& = FN NEWRGN
openUpClip& = FN NEWRGN
'Make a region the size we want.
CALL SETRECTRGN(openUpClip&, left, top, right, bottom)
'Get the current clipping region.
CALL GETCLIP(theClip&)
'Allow us to draw in the open-up clip region.
CALL SETCLIP(openUpClip&)

'Draw your status text now.

'Return to the original clipping area and throw away the regions.
CALL SETCLIP(theClip&)
CALL DISPOSERGN(theClip&)
CALL DISPOSERGN(openUpClip&)

Hope one of those methods helps.

-Mars