Harvey, I had a look at the Dialog-Preview. It seems to be OK The difference is only : Horizontal GradientFill( hDC, 0, 0, oWnd:nHeight, oWnd:nWidth, aGrad, .T. ) Vertical GradientFill( hDC, 0, 0, oWnd:nHeight, oWnd:nWidth, aGrad, .F. ) http://www.pflegeplus.com/pictures/GrdUpd9.jpg ...