>Is ttt initialized as "" in the property sheet of the class def? Properties, when first created are assigned an .F. by VFP but you can change that in the designer by hitting the spacebar. That will initialize it to "" (it'll read (None) when you leave and then come back in).
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>Steve

I tried that. It didn't help. It starts out being a C, but then somehow it changes to an L.

Thanks,

-Michelle