Thanks, Sergey.

>>Q1. LINE must be taking something from its ColorSource to do the dash gaps - but what?
>It takes form's backcolor to do the gaps(DrawMode=13).

Indeed. That's useful when you aren't drawing on the raw form ...

>(Q2. Why do containers have a BackColor _and_ a ForeColor?)
>Container is a visual control so it has those properties.

If only _all_ visual controls had both ...

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>>Q3. Any improvements likely in VFP8 to homogenize the treatment of BackColor and ForeColor across the native controls (e.g. CommandButton has no access to BackColor)?
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>We would know soon (after DevCon). :)

I can live with these things, but it does takes time to think a way round such minor (mis)behaviours.

John Burton