>thanx Plamen. It works :) but what i didn't understand is why Fox 5.0
>didn't need "this.olecontrol1.object.value" only "this.olecontrol1.value was
>enough"

6.0 got better at breaking out OLEControl functionality from the functionality of the ActiveX control that was hosted in the OLEControl. When an ActiveX control has a property named the same as a Fox property, using ".Object" makes sure you're talking to the correct property.