Do you have special screen colors (colorscheme) setup in VFP leftover from previous versions maybe? Set it and your desktop to the default and see if it changes anything. I had this happen once after running an older apps code that had VFP color settings in it.

>When creating reports: every time I add a label or control and move focus away from the control it disappears. I found that I could make it stay visible by unchecking the Use Default Foreground (Pen) Color on the label properties Style tab or by setting the Foreground Color on the Format menu.
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>However I do not want to have to do this for every control. How can I set a default foreground pen color that will automatically apply to each new control added or have that boxed unchecked for each new control?
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>Regards, Lou