>In VFP 7.0 try this
>

>ol = create('Label')
>? pemstatus(ol,"tabstop",5)
>? ol.tabstop
>

>
>Bug??? sure looks like it

PemStatus() is obviously getting confused... or the property internally has some impossible combination of Hidden/Protected. pemstatus(ol,"tabstop",2)=.f., while pemstatus(ol,"tabstop",6)=.t., which is even more confusing.

I think the reason for this is that they needed to make labels take focus but not keep it, so the hotkey characters would work for the next object. You've just discovered a dirty trick :)