>>>I need to be able for the contained objects on these framework pieces to be able to derive from MY subclassed versions of the framework in order to have any control over them.
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>>Why?
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>Well, if I want to make enhancements to say CDELoader, then I could make them and yet inherit the changes that come through updates down the road.

VFP implementation of inheirtance (sp?) does not let you get to child objects that were added at design time.
Could be afford the performance hit that would occur if those items were added a run-time? Maybe a control could replace itself at runtime? But again you would get a performance hit.

-Mike