Ken,

You can substitute the objects at runtime. If it's purely for visual effect then what I do is simply propogate those properties from the parent Init. ie my cOptionGroup.Init is:

* propogate container BackStyle to option buttons

with this
   .SetAll( "BackStyle", .BackStyle )

   if ( ! .Enabled )      && 11-Oct-98 handle disabled initial state
      .Enable( .Enabled )
   endif
endwith

>Problem: When I increase the number of buttons in an subclassed option group (after dropping it on a form), the new option buttons are based on the VFP base class. Hence my font and other misc. settings are based on the VFP optionbutton base class -- not my subclassed and revised optionbutton class.
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>How do I redefine the parent of the optionbuttons in my subclassed option group. I figured out how to redefine the parent of a class (e.g a form, textbox, label, etc) -- but cannot figure out how to redefine the objects within a class.