>>Erik & Tim: Instead of putting all the controls onto a toolbar (and switching toolbars), just go to the CLASS section of your Project Manager, expand the VCX so you can see the list of classes, and then drag any item to your form. Textboxes, combos, etc. appear on the form. The only classes where this doesn't work are forms.
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>>HTH
>>Barbara, I thought projects were to build apps and .exe's?

Tim, the Project Manager has a LOT of uses. You can quickly check the spelling on a field name, drag a class to a form, look at a BMP file, etc.

In addition, I usually have several non-application items in my PM until I'm ready for final testing. A couple of 'test' forms (called with great creativity FORM1 and FORM2) for trying out new controls, a startup PRG which sets variables for my development environment, etc. I've found that anything I set in my CONFIG or FOXUSER can come unstuck with a single line of non-working code, so it's all available in the PM as well. Click on the PRG, click RUN and it's all reset.

Even if this stuff DOES get compiled into the EXE it won't do any harm because it's never called by a menu or other form.

In fact, my present project has TWO PMs, using the same DBC. One has all the stuff I'm testing (new Visual MaxFrame classes, sample code) and the other has the 'real' project items which will be shared with the other programmers. Makes it easy to pull out stuff to send to the group.

HTH
Barbara