Grady,
In order for any object in VFP to have a visible presence in the GUI it must be a form or contained object in either a form or _screen.
So Borislav's answer is one way to get it there. Hilmar's won't work though.
>Okay, what have I done wrong with this? The little poop won't display for me.
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>Define Class marker As Shape OF _base
> Height = 25
> Width = 25
> Curvature = 90
> BackColor = 255
> BackStyle = 0
>Enddefine
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>marker.show
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