>>in command window. Look up section cFontStyle. I've listed all styles of use.
>
>

FUNCTION FontStyleStr ( oCtrl )
>    * coCtrl can either be a form or a control
>    LOCAL lcRet
>
>    IF PEMSTATUS(oCtrl,"FONTBOLD",5) ;
>            AND PEMSTATUS(oCtrl,"FONTITALIC",5) ;
>            AND PEMSTATUS(oCtrl,"FONTOUTLINE",5) ;
>            AND PEMSTATUS(oCtrl,"FONTSHADOW",5) ;
>            AND PEMSTATUS(oCtrl,"FONTSTRIKETHRU",5) ;
>            AND PEMSTATUS(oCtrl,"FONTUNDERLINE",5) THEN
>        lcRet = IIF(oCtrl.FONTBOLD,"B","") ;
>            + IIF(oCtrl.FONTITALIC,"I","") ;
>            + IIF(oCtrl.FONTOUTLINE,"O","") ;
>            + IIF(oCtrl.FONTSHADOW,"S","") ;
>            + IIF(oCtrl.FONTSTRIKETHRU,"-","") ;
>            + IIF(oCtrl.FONTUNDERLINE,"_","")
>        IF EMPTY(m.lcRet) THEN
>            lcRet = "N"
>        ENDIF
>    ELSE
>        lcRet = ""
>    ENDIF
>    RETURN m.lcRet
>ENDFUNC  && FontStyleStr
>

Dealing with properties belongs in a method. That's the idea of encapsulation, classes and objects. :)