>Yes you can but it is a little confusing and without the VPM front end you are going to keep having problems. Review page 413 "Defining Data Dictionary Properties for Non-Data Controls" in the Users Guide, I think that is what you want to do.
>The good news is that everything in VPM is VFP code, no secret stuff. I do not have time now to help anymore today and I am on vacation for the next month starting tomorrow. Hopefully you can get someone else to help.
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>Good Luck,
>Dennis
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>P.S. If you do not have the Users Guide or Technical Reference manuals you can download them at http://www.promatrix.com/vpmdocs/docsdown.htm

Thanks a lot for your help, Dennis. Enjoy your vacation.