Fred,

Can you subclass the RichTextBox visually at design time and set the properties up the way you want, and then add the subclass to the form at runtime?

Cheers,

Andrew

>>Fred,
>>
>>Just an untested guess:
>>
>>In Init()
>>

with this.object
>>   .Scrollbars = 3
>>endwith

>>
>
>Sorry, Dave. The property for Scrollbars is Read-only at runtime, so that causes problems. Thanks anyways!
>
>
>
>>>Can someone tell me the syntax to add a RichTextBox control to a coded form class?
>>>
>>>I can get the RichTextBox on the form and show it, but I can't set the ScrollBar property or anything else that falls under the Object reference, because they are read-only.
>>>
>>>DEFINE CLASS myForm AS FORM
>>>ENDDEFINE
>>>DEFINE CLASS rtb AS OLECONTROL
>>>oleclass = "RICHTEXT.RichTextCtrl.1"
>>>width = 300
>>>height = 300
>>>scrollbars = 3 && this creates a new property. I need the one under .Object.Scrollbars?????????/
>>>ENDDEFINE
>>>
>>>Thanks!