>Instead of regular commandbutton, how would chg it to a cmdbutton I created in a vcx
>something like .class="mycmdbtn" ??

SET LIBRARY TO MyClassLib ADDITIVE
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    thisform.AddObject(m.lcButtonName,'mycmdbtn')
...
* or
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    thisform.NewObject(m.lcButtonName,'mycmdbtn', "MyClassLib")
..