>I was going to use the OLE object for Rich Text so I could use formatting such as bold on certain words. I want to add my objects to a scrollable container as I go on the fly. I do not want borders so I marked borderstyle to 0 (None). I set Appearance to 0 (Flat) and I get an error because the object will not allow me to set that property at runtime.
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>Do you guys know of anything more user-friendly I can use with formatting text when creating objects on the fly that does not demand I have a border?

Kevin,

Try to create class based on RTF control, and set its default appearance to 0. Then you will be able to add it to your form dynamically.

Good Luck