Thanks, that helps a lot.

>Changed since the definition in the base class (IOW if a child class alters the prop in its definition it is altered).
>Just play around with the definitions:
>

>CLEAR
>loA = CREATEOBJECT('myclass')
>?PEMSTATUS(loA,'comment',0)
>loA.COMMENT = 'mäh'
>?PEMSTATUS(loA,'comment',0)
>*loa.myprop=0
>?PEMSTATUS(loA,'myprop',0)
>loA.RESETTODEFAULT('myprop')
>?PEMSTATUS(loA,'myprop',0)
>
>DEFINE CLASS myclas AS CUSTOM
>*comment = 'muh'
> myprop = .T.
>ENDDEFINE
>
>DEFINE CLASS myclass AS myclas
>*comment = 'muh'
> myprop = .T.
>ENDDEFINE
>

>Agnes
>>I have a question about using PEMSTATUS(,,0) ... which is supposed to indicate that a property has changed.
>>
>>Changed since when?
>>
>>It seems like all of my custom properties for a form (added using "New Property" -- and not changed thereafter) show up as true. What use is this?