API: 2nd posting please help! [was API: Eeeek! "Ghost" on edges of generated drawing w/properties]

Hello everyone,
I am creating a utility which generates formatted drawing sheets from a user
form. The problem I am having is that when the form appears on the screen, the
image does not seem to fill the whole window pane. The left and top edges have a
kind of "ghost" on them. If anyone wants to help I will be glad to send a screen
(scream?) shot. There is about a 1/4" margin on the top and left hand sides that
acts as if the drawing is not filling it. If I "ALT/TAB" to another window, then
back, when I go back the margins contain left over image from the previous
window. If I maximize and then go back to partial size, the band goes away on
the top but remains on the left. I have tried it on two different computers, one
Win2000 and one WinXP. Same thing. If I minimize then maximize again, it returns
to the top and the left as well. The drawing itself seems to "work" OK, but
those edges just look nasty.
The part of the code that actually generates the drawing is below. There are
other routines that take user input from a form to set up the properties. I
thank in advance everyone who offers any help!
-plh

Private Sub cmbMakeItSo_Click()
Dim bolRtn As Boolean

Set swApp = Application.SldWorks

Select Case intSize
Case 0
Set swDrawing = swApp.NewDocument(A_FORMATSHEET, swDwgPaperAsize, 0#, 0#)
Case 2
Set swDrawing = swApp.NewDocument(B_FORMATSHEET, swDwgPaperBsize, 0#, 0#)
Case 3
Set swDrawing = swApp.NewDocument(C_FORMATSHEET, swDwgPaperBsize, 0#, 0#)
Case 4
Case Else
MsgBox ("Unexpected result in Case Else @ cmbMakeItSo_Click()")
End Select
Set swDoc = swApp.ActiveDoc
swDoc.SummaryInfo(swSumInfoAuthor) = strAuthor
swDoc.SummaryInfo(swSumInfoComment) = strTitle
bolRtn = swDoc.AddCustomInfo2("Material", swCustomInfoText, strMaterial)
bolRtn = swDoc.AddCustomInfo2("Revision", swCustomInfoText, strRev)
'swDoc.FileSummaryInfo

End Sub

I keep hitting "Esc", but I'm still here!
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perhaps set the form's autoredraw property to 'True'...

 

I have seen the ghost border you are talking about. The only time I
get it is if I try to open a sheet format thru windows explorer. If
you do a new drawing and then pick the sheet format that you want, I
don't get the ghost image. I would recommend doing it this way. We
were able to recreate this problem on another machine doing the same
process.
I hope that helps.

 

plh,

Perhaps you should try using a different SW function. We have a very
similar system here - the user selects a drawing size from a custom form,
then the program generates the drawing, adds the standard three views, and
saves the file with the correct file name and in the correct location. We
use the following line to create the drawing:

Set swDwg = swApp.OpenDoc2(Buffer & ".drwdot", swDocDRAWING, True,
False, True, errLong)

-Gabe

 

I am creating a utility which generates formatted drawing sheets
Ok, so when you say "Sheets" you are rfeferring to SolidWorks. and
when you say "Form" you are referring to VB/A UserForm ?

Again, if you mean the 'ghost' is on the userform, then it sounds like
you
are using the OLE control?