>>On the property sheet:
>>

=thisform.ApptType

>>
>>In code:
>>

label.Caption = "=thisform.ApptType"

>
>
>Nope.
>

>label.caption = thisform.ApptType
>label.refresh()

While you can reference thisform.ApptType without the quotation marks and embeded equal sign, I've never had to call a label.Refresh().