>I have a form, where there are certain controls I want to hide.
>My first attempt was to put the code in the Init event of the control e.g. If MyCondition
> Return .f.
>Endif
>
>This worked fine until I was using a form which , in the Init of the Form, did some processing on a file, and the results determined whether the control on the form was hidden or not.
>
>But the Init of the Form seems to be run AFTER the init of each object, so I cannot use this method.
>
>I would appreciate any other suggestions.
>
>regards,
>
>Gerard

Set the visible property of the controls to .F. in the design mode. Then, in some method besides the init, set the control visible property to .T. and refresh the control. Where you put the code depends on what you want to do.