>Does the option group always have its focus on one of its options or can one make it so nothing is checked off?
You can set optiongroup.Value property to 0, and nothing will be visually checked, but do not forget to validate it. :)
Nick Neklioudov
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3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro
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