Sorry, Tony ... you're getting even more out of my area now. I don't know VB very well and I know nothing at all about the MM Framework. This may be an MM issue, but I don't know.

Looks like Kevin or someone who uses MM is going to have to jump in here. I'm sorry. =0(

~~Bonnie


>Now it's really getting icky.
>
>When I use this:
>Dim WithEvents TabControl As New TabControl()
>
>I get this message:
>Warning 1
>variable 'TabControl' conflicts with variable 'TabControl' in the base class 'mmMaintenanceForm' and should be declared 'Shadows'
>
>Then I use this:
>Shadows WithEvents TabControl As New TabControl()
>
>I get this message when the form starts:
>Unable to cast object of type 'System.Windows.Forms.TabControl' to type 'System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize'.
>
>Since I'm using the MM Tab Control, I can't tell what I should be doing where.
>
>Any suggestions on this?
>
>Thanks.