>That is one thing I do like about .Net in that you have a DesignMode you can check and deal with things as needed. I think if you design things around that kind of paradigm, it would at least be somewhat familiar turf.

I think the DesignMode Property can easily be made by such a property set to "=(_Vfp.startmode=0)", then you could put code in an eventhandler depending on object.DesignMode.

But that may not be every aspect of design mode, is it?

Bye, Olaf.