Yes, you can. But do it carefully. Many properties are used by VFP. For ex. marking Top, Left, etc as hidden... :)

Vlad

>Can you mark a built-in property hidden or protected?
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>>Not really... You can mark the property as Hidden or Protected, depending where the change can come from. "Hidden" will make it invisible outside the current class, so, any change coming from the outside can be catched.
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>>Vlad
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>>>It's essentially a self-imposed Assign.