>>OBJTOCLIENT works for me. Are you sure your TextBox is IN the container?
>>>yes...it's Marcia Akinsn & Andy Kramek's Combo Grid class...still don't know what the problem was there...will play w/it a little.
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>Oops, sorry about Marcia's last name ... it's Akins, of course.
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>OK, I created a container w/2 text boxes, put it on a form, and got the results that I expected when I displayed the ObjToClient value of the 2 text boxes in the INIT of the form.
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>The ComboGrid class is a container w/a Grid (top = 24), a command button (top = 1), a textbox (top = 0) and a label (top = 172). If I display the ObjToClient values in the INIT of a form that has a ComboGrid object, w/a TOP of 198, the values show:
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>Grid 198
>textbox 0
>button 1
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>(shouldn't value for Grid be 198 + 24, textbox be 198 and button be 199?)
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>If I move the display of the values to after the INIT of the form, the values are:
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>Grid 198
>textbox 198
>button 199
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>OK, now textbox and button make sense...but why are they different after the INIT? and the Grid should, again be 198 + 24, I think.
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>Actually, I don't really need to make use of this any more - but I've never used ObjToClient - it seems handy, but I can't get this straight...Any input is appreciated...J

It still all works as expected for me, I don't see any changes during/after the Init. What does the code in your init look like?