Rich,

Create method SetCaption for container class and use it instead of settting label caption directly

* Method SetCaption 
LPARAMETERS tcCaption
lnOldWidth = This.label1.Width
This.label1.Caption = tcCaption
lnNewWidth = This.label1.Width
This.Width = This.Width + (lnNewWidth  - lnOldWidth)

>I've created a container class. It has a label class inside it. The label class has AutoSize set to TRUE. It also has an Assign method

>LPARAMETERS vNewVal
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>THIS.CAPTION = m.vNewVal
>This.Parent.Width = this.Width + this.Parent.image1.Width + 2

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>If I step through this code, the container resizes properly.
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>However, without stepping through the code, the Width of the label does not reset when it is given a new value. It retains the width of the label in the class definition.
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>I've tried putting This.Refresh and This.Parent.Refresh at various points in the method, but to no avail.
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