>>Check to make sure all the color settings are at default values.
>>
>>>I'm using VFP 7.0
>>>
>>>I have a label in a container class on a form.
>>>I have the label.enabled = .F., but it keeps coming up enabled. I look in the locals window and it shows the label.enabled = .F., but it's not disabled on the form.
>>>
>>>I have a checkbox right next to it in the same class that is initializing enabled=.F., so I know that the container is being refreshed properly.
>>>
>>>I put a plain label in the container and set enabled=.F. and it displays enabled, so I assume that it's something in the container that is displaying it enabled.
>>>
>>>TIA
>
>Looked for that, didn't help.

when you look thru the debugger to find the label is set to enabled = .F., look at the disabledforecolor value. Is it set to RGB(128,128,128)? the container might have code changing the value of labels within it.