I know this was asked before by someone else but I didn't understand the answer, so let me try again:

My problem is I need to position a tabstrip right below the where ever the CommandBar ends (since the system font can affect the CommandBar height)

I would assume the solution is something like:

for i = 0 to CommandBar.Count

CommandBar(i).GetWindowRect lLeft, lTop, lRight, lBottom

lTotalHeight = lTotalHeight + (lBottom - lTop)

next i

My problem is; 1) I'm not getting any value returned in the variables I pass, and 2) Even if I did get a value would it represent Twips?  If it's not twips what is it and how do i convert it to something I can work with?

I looked through all the samples and didnt' see an example of this.  Can someone (or Oleg ) post an example?

Thanks

You should place the following code in the Form_Resize event:

    Dim Left As Long, Top As Long, Right As Long, Bottom As Long
    CommandBars.GetClientRect Left, Top, Right, Bottom

These variable will determine the boundary of the client area that is not being used by the CommandBars.  Keep in mind that the bars can be docked to the left, right, and bottom, so getting the height isn't all you have to know.  I may be mistaken, but I beleive the values are returned in your current scale mode (Twips by default).

Now that you have this code, you can position your tabstrip.

    TabStrip.Move Left + 1, Top + 1, Right - Left - 2

This will give your tabstrip the proper Top, Left, and Width.  Height is left unmodified.

Hope this helps!