i'm afraid to ask, but why would you need to create a copy of the object at runtime???


>>Yes, there is a way to do that. I am not sure of the
>> syntax but you might want to check for the CloneObject().
>
>You *almost* made my day then 8-z
>
>Unfortunately the CloneObject method is only available at
>design time (according to the help).
>
>Mark