I didn't realize you could only redefine the parent class and not contained objects. Seems like a design flaw to me. You could look at HackCX at
http://whitelightcomputing.com/prodhackformfree.htm>That seems to work only in the left pane of the browser (the parent container in my case) not the objects in the right pane (buttons in the container).
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer