>I have isolated what the problem is;
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>When setting a property value on an ActiveX control VFP will allow only 2 parameters within the brackets.
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>So this is ok
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>MyObject.Property(x,y)=1
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>this is not
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>MyObject.Property(x,y,z)=1
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>VFP seems to see the second example as a 3 dimensional array which it obviously does not support. This behaviour can be replicated with a few different ActiveX controls and I have found examples going back to VFP5.
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>For my own issue I have had to build a data table in raw RTF and then paste it into the txText control. I don't see that there is a generic work around that would help here.
>
>Thanks for all your help.

Just a thought, what if you tried the following:

loObject = "MyObject.Property(x,y,z)"
&loObject = 1

or

(loObject) = 1

Try using macro substitution -- VFP may behave differently...