>Hi Edward,
> I read you and I was afraid of that :-). Was hoping for a "simple" solution.
>
>Thanks,
>Bill
>
Don't be afraid and run something like this:
**** some control event/method
local cString,nTop
cString="this.parent"
nTop=this.top
do while .t.
if type(cString)!="O"
exit
endif
nTop=&cString..top+nTop
cString=cString+".parent"
enddo
=messagebox("this is cumulated 'top': "+str(nTop))