Thanks Doug, it makes alot more sense now!

>>Is it just me or sometimes 'Thisform.Property' works and doesn't work from the watch window?
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>It won't work unless you're in a method of the form or one of the form's objects. _SCREEN.ActiveForm will *almost* always work (unless you're in a method of the form that fires before the form becomes the active form, like Load).
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>Doug