Thanks for your reply. The Area drawing tool in ArcExplorer desktop isnt what I'm looking for. I would like it to behave similar to "Streaming" when editing in ArcGIS desktop. I dont want the user to have to click on the map each time they change the shape of the polygon. Ideally I would like a drawing tool that would act the same way as drawing on a paper map with a pencil. Does anyone have any ideas??