>I put the

_screen.activeform.oletree.nodes[1].expanded = .f.

in the watch window, but where do I set the breakpoint?

If you double click on the grey border on the left of the expression in the watch window, you'll see a red dot - that tells you that there is a breakpoint. You can do the same by filling in the Breakpoints dialog that pops when you choose Breakpoints under Tools menu pad.

I tried setting the break point at

.llNode.Expanded = .t.

and it seemed to show true. Even the watch window for

_screen.activeform.oletree.nodes[1].expanded = .f.

returned a true. Am I on the right track?.

I don't know, from what you said, I believe that the nodes are expanded (the tree flickers), but then they are collapsed... The breakpoint is supposed to stop the program on the line where the node is collapsed. So, you start your form, set the breakpoint, then click the expand all button. All expanded should be set to .T., so if node 1 goes back to .f., the debugger will show you where...


Here is what my other button for collapse looks like:
>
>

>*button colapse
>WITH thisform
>LOCAL g
>FOR g = 1 TO .OleTreeView.nodes.count
>	.OleTreeView.nodes(g).expanded = .f.
>ENDFOR
>ENDWITH
>

I loop trough the object collection, but your code should do the same thing.

>
>Thanks
>Nick Patel