>Well, I'm going to prevail on one of the friendly and helpful folks here again (Ahem!;)...
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>I tried several creating two variations of the print_form sample class, one using a form class and the other a container class. Both included the common dialog. After saving and compiling the classes, I tried to rename the container class. I got the message "Object class is invalid for this container. Class containing OLE object is being ignored. Record #9". Then when I went to look at the class, the OLE object was gone. Now I don't know if the rename had anything to do with that, or was irrelevant to the error. Do you have any idea on this one?

I really don't know what would cause that. Sorry. Are you sure it was gone as opposed to being poistioned beyond the borders of the control?

>One other quick question (I hope). One of the methods in the print_report class which I copied refers to the olecontainer as This.Parent.oleCommDlog.FileName <> "*.*" Would I replace the "oleCommDlog" with the default Ole control name (i.e. it seems to be OleControl1 for the ones whose properties I can view)?

No, oleCommDlog is the proper name for the control unless you've named it something else.

I do have some additional information for you. I opened the sample and clicked on the control, then its property sheet, then the Print tab and...Kaboom. GPF! I dropped a current version of this control on the form and accessed its property sheet without problems (or Kabooms) from the control's property sheet. After looking at the Print properties, with a view of the context of the form, I would guess that there aren't any setting for this sample other than the default. BTW, I can't locate this particular class in VFP 6.0 to confirm.

hth,