I think that in and of itself a container has no UI. You have to add the add the object to the screen or a form, since those are the UI contianers that hold visible objects...

_Screen.AddObject('oObj','MyClass')
_Screen.oObj.Visible = .t.

BOb


>I am having a problem with classes. It has not been a problem for me in the past because I have only used them to drop on forms.
>
>My problem is that when I execute (in the command box):
>oObj = createobject('myclass')
>oObj.visible = .t.
>
>The object appears in its full glory in the debugger, but nothing shows on the screen...at all. This happens with every class that I try.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>BTW: if I try to execute: oObj.show(1), I get the error 'Property SHOW not found'
>BTW2: I have SP5 installed.
>Thanks, Randy