Hi Tony,
There could be code in the class that sets Visible to .F.
Mark
>Got a class which contains city, state and zip text controls and just dropped on other form.
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>The controls don't appear at all, I made sure they are not behind any controls, visible property is true. When running the form and tabing thru the controls, it appears the City, State and Zip controls dont exist at all.
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