Hi Paul,

Sorry for the delay getting back to you.

> Commenting out the changes to ExStyle doesn't help :-/

@#$#@$ I was really hopeful that we had found the explanation.

I am not sure where to go from here, I cannot see the problem
with my own set up here. I have yet to get IBO 4.7.16 fully
integrated into my arrangements here, maybe when I get that
done I will see the problem.

> I was surprised that hiding and showing the form when it was
> in the state of the third column highlighted but not focused
> caused the third column to be focused - could it be a
> painting/refresh problem rather than a focus moving problem?

I would not have thought so. You could try installing a test
refresh/repaint in response to a speedbutton (no focus change)
just to check and be certain. It sounds like the sort of thing
that could even be related to Windows itself - are you running
on XP SP1 + latest patches etc? (If not, what?)

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing