>>>true windows object,
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>>No, no, no. This will have performance penalties.
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>Not that I am arguing for true windows objects, but I don't believe the performance argument. From my experience, VFP's UI responsiveness is not noticeably slower than VB's, and VB uses real controls. I know that the decision to use painted controls was based on performance, but a lot of things have changed since this decision was made...

Erik,

I think you know where I stand on this.< g > I've been under the impression (mistakenly perhaps) that VFP's use of "painted" controls was for Mac compatibility. However, since this is no longer an issue perhaps this will be changed.

I will, however, agree that I don't thing that performance would be an issue. In fact, there are some other things (smaller footprint for one perhaps?) that might be gained.