>>It might be a solution to have your own 'refresh' method and don't use Form.Refresh
>
>Thanks Ed I will give that some thought. I could then use a for next loop like:
>
>for 1 to XX
> _SCREEN.Object#.Refresh
>next
>
>or something ( I will need to research the syntax!!! )
>
>
>Thanks
>Terry

Short syntax would be like:
For Each oControl in Thisform.Controls
oControl.Refresh
Endfor
but it would be simulation of Form.Refresh, so you may type exact sequence of control.refresh statements.