Mark,

What's wrong with using a Label subclass? After you drop it on a form, typing characters set the Caption property.

>I would love to have a text display class that works as following.
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>When the class is dropped on a form the developer can enter what ever text he likes directly onto the class on the form.
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>This would allow the devleoper to see exactly what his text is going to look like as he is typing.
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>ie
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>1. Drop class onto form.
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>2. set is Size,Color,Font prperties.
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>3. Click onto the class and start typing.
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>4. Run your form
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>5. What you had typed earlier appears just as you typed it.
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>If this class also allowed me to use the Textmerge commands in it then this would be an added bonus.
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>Thanks