Walter,

You present a reasonable argument, but what about one like this. . .

Don't know why they are bitmapped when MS itself implies that windows controls are 'objects'. Being such would lend them to the possibility of being sub-classed, and it should not be beyond the realm that subclassing at this level would include the possibility to "adjust" the 'boundedness' of a control and to add additional properties, events and methods.

I've certainly heard before that their existence is due to the (now defunct) cross-platform objective of VFP.

Jim N

>Bret,
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>In addition to what less said, these bitmap controls also have some advantages over the native Windows controls. The FoxTeam was not limited by the databound restrictions found in native controls and they were able to make some extra events for controls.
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>It wouldn't be the first time that inventions of the VFP team would be used in other MS products. Maybe MS will use the functionality now found in the VFP Controls in the native controls in some future versions of windows because they're generally easier to use.
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>Regards,
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>Walter