>>Because I'm a "legacy" programmer with lots of FPW code to convert, I wrote a label class call "say" which has a "sayrefresh" method. When added to my form class it registers itself , and so whenever the form is refreshed the "say" label's sayrefresh method runs - usually to simply change it's caption.
>>eg
>>proc myLbl.sayrefresh
>>this.caption= ORDER('myalias')
>>
>>If you want to head down this path just ask.
>>
>>>In vfp50, I would like to display ORDER() on my FORM.
>>>I do not want to use ?ORDER() or @10,10 SAY ORDER().
>>>The reason why I want to display the ORDER() is becase, I
>>>want to see want the index order is set too
>>>Does somebody know another say?
>---
>Hey David,
>Yea, I would like to check it out. Just email it to me.
>Thanks, and please send the source code. :))

Well I thought, FWIW, that I put it here so others might find useful.
This will get you rolling. Adapt to suit your needs, style, etc
***********************************************
*Create a class based on label with following init method
* lblSay.init method...
*----------------------
this.caption= ''
* register with form...
thisform.sayadd(this)

* Add a method called refreshCap to this class
procedure refreshCap
*-------------------
* in your instances of the class put code in here like..
this.caption=order('myalias')

* In your form base class (yours, not VFPs:-) add
* form.sayAdd()
*----------------
lparameter oSay
* this registers a "SAY" label with the form for auto refreshing...
* requires two form properties, n_say default 0, and a_say[1] (an array)
with thisform
.n_say= .n_say + 1
dimension .a_say[.n_say]
.a_say[.n_say]= oSay
endwith

* in the same form class add to refresh method...
* form.refresh()
*---------------
local i
* this will refresh any labels....
for i = 1 to thisform.n_say
thisform.a_say[m.i].refreshCap()
endfor
******************************************

Now when you drop a saylabel object from your project manager on to a form, you just fill out the refreshCap() method and voila!
Much less overhead than a text box!

I also generally set my "saylabel" to a different colour from normal labels to distinguish dynamic text from static text to the user.
HTH