Without yet trying it: did you try to change the name of the property, e.g. instead of Handle use iHandle. Would it solve the problem?

>OK nothing in the code BUT! I added gpImage to my testprog and the call to gpImage succeeds (it actually uses the handle from the Picture object). And after that I get my error. So this is what I have done now:
>
>And one of You pleeeease tell me What the f.... this is:
>
>I created a small class in PRG with only one Method
>

>define class YouWouldNotBelieveThis as custom
>   PROCEDURE GetHandle(toPicture as Object) as integer
>       return toPicture.Handle
>   ENDPROC
>enddefine
>

>
>Now with this, the following happens:
>
>

>lparameters tcSourceFile, tcBitmapLarge, tcBitmapSmall
>LOCAL lnRetVal, loLarge, loSmall, lnX, lnIcons, loIB
>lnRetVal       = -1
>
> ....
>
>loLarge = null
>loSmall = null
>
>*-- now get the Icon-Objects and keep the handles
>lnIcons = this.GetAssocIconPairObjects(tcSourceFile, @loLarge, @loSmall, .T.)
>
>if lnIcons <= 0
>    this.cErrorText = IconBuddyErr_NoIconsFound
>    return lnRetVal
>endif
>
>loJunk = NewObject("YouWouldNotBelieveThis", "PROGRAM\TEST_SAVE4.PRG")
>
>? loJunk.GetHandle( loLarge )   <--- This WORKS !!!
>
>? loLarge.Handle                <--- And this next line produces an error
>
>....
>

>
>funnily this *only* does work if the class is in another PRG. If I put it below this progam in the same file Njet, nada, njente.