Open some program code, right click on an area in it that is blank, form the menu click on 'properties', form the form that pops up click on 'show line number' and 'apply to .prg'. That will at least get it to show up. Now if you can get it to STAY that way without having to do that every damn time you go into VFP let me know...as that has been driving me nuts forever as well.

>Can anybody out there tell me why, both on my laptop and my desktop, the option to turn line numbering on
>when code is viewed is permanently disabled? I am going nuts counting down to the bug . . . .
>
>TIA.
>John