Basicall this is a copy of some code i was using in vb would vreate a window
with no system menu or caption bar but in msv i get a system menu......? how
do i get rid of that menu?

Thanks Chris

You're using the logical OR operator || rather than the bitwise OR |
operation.

Dave
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