>>>>>I fear your .vcx might contain some corrupt references, maybe a missing icon/bmp or something. But if you're saying you've tried browsing the .VCXs associated with the form(I assume also you packed them), and have't found any reference, hmm...
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>>>>Daniel,
>>>>I just packed the vcx and the class disappeared altogether, I checked for deleted records first and there were none??, thank god for VSS and conscientous network supervisors, if I get anywhere I'll let you know I'm off for a Guiness
>>>>Cheers
>>>>Pete
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>>>Well, I also assumed you had VSS or a backup stored somewhere, Pete, we only make that mistake once, and actually we should make it too, I believe. However, you might take your class definition and save it in a .prg. It might save you some time solving the problem if you try initiating and modifying it in code.
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>>Daniel,
>>It's fixed, what I did was export the class in the browser and noticed this entry Picture = '..\' which explains my curious message 'File c:\employee' does not exist, as ..\ would point to this directory, this must be a bug as I never associate a picture with a form. I looked at the class in the designer and the picture property stated (None) but it was emboldened (indicating a non-standard value) I ran reset to default and Bingo problem over
>>Thanks for your help
>>Pete Kane
> Yep, sounds very familiar. If I'm not mistaken, that happens when you first assign the picture, then delete the value from your form's picture property afterwards. To prevent those things from happening, however, I would suggest you use rightclick on the property, then choose "set to default". That way the whole reference gets erased.
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>Cheers

Daniel,
that's what I did, a lesson well learnt
Thanks again
Pete