Thanks Cetin;
I asked because it appeared as though I had a protected method (not hidden) that I was not able to access even from my class definition, much less my subclass. But I seem to be able to access it now, but I can't see that anything changed.
Again thanks for your response.
"I have turned from questions I can not answer to answers that I can not question" - H.G. Wells
Barry Taft
i am only worried in the short term. once there is a problem, the solution usually presents itself.