>Parden Me, but its not too late. This code will do the trick (but you'll have to run it for every form)

use myform1.scx
replace class with 'mytextboxclass' for upper(class) = 'TEXTBOX', classloc with 'classes\mycontrols.vcx'

That will hack your forms and change the parent class. You will probably want to do this for all types of controls (grid, combos, checkboxes, forms, button, everything!)

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now that is useful. I'll back everything up and give it a whirl...

thanks

Harry