>thisform.ReadOnly = .t.
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BOb,

That would probably work if form's had a readonly property.

Michiel,

You can give your form class a lReadOnly property, and in the calsses for the controls you can put this code in the refresh;

THIS.ReadOnly = THISFORM.lReadOnly

Then in the form's Init accept a parameter that indicates if the form is read only or not, assign a .T. or .F. to the form's lReadOnly Property and then issue a THISFORM.Refresh()