>thanks alot, i'll give it a try.
>are there any other propertie I should know of?
>And anotherthing, my tree doesnot show until I cick on the spce where it sits >on the form

If you right click on the tree in the designer, & select Tree Control properties. Then launch Help from the tree property page, you'll get the help for the tree. Most useful, I think are the parent, child & sibling properties which allow you to "dig" through the tree items.

As for your tree not showing...You mean at run time? What version of VFP are using? It may have something to do with it being on a page frame. ActiveX controls like to be on top of everything else. You may want to repost your question about the disappearing tree so that someone else may respond.

Phil