MISTER TerryT,

>>Hi Jim,
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>>THISFORM.Tree.SelectedItem = THISFORM.Tree.Nodes(1)
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>Viv -
>SelectedItem is a reference and probably always be an object:
>We can:
>SelectedItem.Selected=.f.
>or
>SelectedItem.Selected=.t. && Only way to uurn off highlight when TV has focus

These bits are news to me (though I did see Viv mention setting to logical I think).
Given that .SelectedItem refers to a Node I thought that setting it to .NULL. was the only (proper?) way to prevent the highlighting.
Learn something every day.

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>It seems the code Jim's code (THISFORM.Tree.SelectedItem = THISFORM.Tree.Nodes(1)) is trying to do more than just reference. It's trying to assign a node to the reference, which is usually accomodated with a Nodes(xxx).Selected=.t.
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>I wonder what Mr. Nelson is up to, hmmmm..., he has got something up his sleeve.

< s > Nothing, really, except trying to get around a bad problem (and in fact this didn't work and
THISFORM.Tree.Nodes(1).Selected = .T. is not a satisfactory solution either BUT it does solve the hang problem which is even more important!

I expected that, after Init(), the Treeview would have the Top (not necessarily Nodes(1)) highlighted and that THEREFORE THISFORM.Tree.SelectedItem would be a VALID pointer to that first highlighted tree node.
And it is EXCEPT when another form has been run, at which time .SelectedItem does NOT apparently have a valid node reference in it.

SNIP