>Fred,
>
>I was getting an error message saying that the property VALUE did not exist.
>That is why I had to change the way I used the control.
>This started when VFP6 was installed. WHY? I assumed the control was over-ridden by a new version.
>I liked the old way. 1 validation instead of 3. ;-)
>

Mike,

Because you left out the Object part of the reference;

Thisform.OLEControl1.Object.Value = ...