For the second question - technically you cannot do this. But you can hack around it. Here is one possible solution.
var OldParent :TWinControl; //maybe better if you make this global so you can rivert later. begin OldParent:= GroupBox1.Parent; GroupBox1.Parent:= OldParent.Parent; GroupBox1.Left:= GroupBox1.Left + OldParent.Left; GroupBox1.Top:= GroupBox1.Top + OldParent.Top; GroupBox1.Enabled:= not OldParent.Enabled; end; Cheers al. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/