>>>>Add an assign method to the cCaption property and set the caption of the label in this method.
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>>>>You can also add "this.cCaption=this.cCaption" in the init() of the container (IOW force the assing method).
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>>I tried that, but I still get the base class value at design time.
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>That was a normal behaviour, the code was not interpreted until run time.
>If that bug you, you can create a builder for your class :-)

OK, thanks, I guess I can just use the workaround. The behaviour I'm getting didn't bother me a whole lot ... but it did bother someone else who likes to be able to see what he's working on.