>>> Thank u Gary, that's what i was doing, I would prefer to add the
>>> container directly to the _Screen...but i'll do this way as i have no >>choice
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>You could always add matching properties/methods/events to your container, the using the _assign & _access events you could set the container to update the .OCX automatically when it's own properties changed, that way your code need never know that the OCX is inside a container!
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>Gary.

The fact is that i have to notice users they have internal mail or messages and i wanted to do that outside the activeform. I'd like something blinking around the _screen. I'll try putting it into a form and maybe i'll look for a different ocx.