Hi Jim! But it still work for me.... I'm using VFP 5.0a and have no idea why it work... Have a happy day Vladimir Shevchenko > I believe that this technique no longer works in VFP 5. At least this is > what I interpret from some notations by Drew Speedie in the Visual > >You should add empty Refresh() method in your Label class, after that > >label's caption will be refreshed automatically.