>I have a form that has been subclassed from a parent.
>I am tring to call on a property (edit_mode)that lives on the parent. I have tried:
> this.parent.edit_mode
> this.edit_mode
> thisform.edit_more
> thisformset.edit_more
>
>any suggestions...

I guess, you are missing two things. Parent property is used for Container referencing, not for Subclassing case. If you have subclassed form and base class had Edit_mode property, it means that your form inherited Edit_mode property and it can be referenced thisform.Edit_mode