Erel,
thanks, but I think I did not manage to explain my problem. my spinner is actually placed where the red Arrow points (top 23, left 250) and it is set visible = false. when the lable above the spinner (the lable is visible) is clicked I call the openspinner sub which in fact open the spinner but instead of opening as expected at top 23 and left 250, it opens where the blu Arrow points in the picture which I believe is 0,0 of the panel where the spinner is placed.
If I make the spinner visible at design time and the click on it it actually opons in the right place..but having the spinner visible would really make me redesign the UI...
thanks for your help