>I need to pass the value of a property of the activecontrol on a form to a generic messagaging routine.
>
>Basically:
>
>On Key Label F1 DO ghelp WITH Thisform.ActiveControl.agenttext
>
>
>PROCEDURE ghelp
>parameter mtext
>
>=messagebox(mtext,0,'The Help You Wanted')
>RETURN
>
>************************************************
>
>The ghelp procedure is far more complex but basics of what I want to do.
>
>Ideas?
>Thanx.

How bout ON KEY LABEL F1 DO gHelp WITH _SCREEN.ActiveForm.ActiveControl

Pass the object and grab what you need when your inside the method or procedure you're calling.