I am using textout() to write text to the canvas of a TChart which works fine, except that when a redraw occurs (e.g. when resizing the form) the text disappears. I have struck similar behaviour when writing to the canvas of a form, though I also have some test code from the Delphi 4 Developers Guide which appears basically the same and which works fine. Am I missing something e.g. a parameter setting somewhere? Best Regards Jeremy Walsh =========================================================== Jeremy Walsh National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research PO Box 8602 Riccarton Christchurch New Zealand 64-3-3437877 Phone 64-3-3485548 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] email =========================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz