>>This construction was shown at a local user group meeting. I don't work much with VFP 9 so I wasn't aware of it.

>>LOCAL ox AS excel.application
>>ox = createobject('excel.application)
>>ox.   ---> drops down the intellisense list of properties, methods

>>
>>This can be extended to

>>abc = thisform.myControl
>>WITH abc AS myClass of myClassLib
>>.   --->drops down the intellisense list of properties, methods

>>
>>
>>What I haven't figured out (and hope that it exists) is how to work with ThisForm. Say I'm working in the form designer and have added some properties and methods. How can I do

>>tf = thisform
>>WITH tf AS ??????????
>>.  ---> and see all the properties, etc including the ones I added in the designer

>>
>>I hope the question is comprehensible. All responses appreciated.
>>
>>.........Rich
>
>I don't think there is a way. However you can have intellisense for current object:
>

>with this
> .
>

Maybe write the code in a Form code window and move to original place later:)
>Cetin

Thanks for responding. If I can't get what I would really like, this seems like a reasonable facsimile.