When a control starts changing from its design-time properties, just put those properties into the control's init() code. VFP will then re-set them at load time.

HTH
Barbara

>Has anybody noticed odd behavior with the shape control? When
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>BorderStyle = 1
>BorderWidth = 1
>SpecialEffect = 0
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>the shape looks like a narrow groove at first, but then it changes to a solid black, grey, or white line. Sometimes this happens at design time, sometimes at runtime.
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>I've also noticed the Build dialog in VFP itself has some odd-looking boxes around the different options that change.
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>Does anybody know what's going on and how to fix it? TIA for any ideas.
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>Regards,
>Patricia