> It seems like the scope of the class is OK for the preview, but goes away when it prints. This happens whether I call the method directly and display a return result (ei oReports.GetNumber()) or refer to a property (ei oReports.ThisNumber). I am using VFP 5.0. Any ideas? - Ed What's the scope of the object reference? If it's LOCAL it won't work. PRIVATE (the default) or PUBLIC should work...