Hi Listers, I'm working on the function that will make sure that a visuall-impaired user does not try to print text outside the label's circumnference, and I hit a snag. In C++ what is the function or operator that will return the square root of a value? I'm using the theorem of Pythagorus to get the length of the hypotenuse from the length of the other 2 sides of a right-angled triangle. All the resources I have on my PC have failed to reveal to me how to get the length of the hypotenuse from the area of the square on it. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd be very grateful. I've decided that the documentation of my program will include an acknowledgement of the help I've received from this and another programmers' list. All the best. Ian Ian D. Nichols, Toronto, Canada