I want the name of the parent object so that I can change the background color of the parent object.

>OK, lemme put it this way ... what *kind* of information do you need? There are a few things you can get by examining this.Parent and there's nothing wrong with doing things that way.
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>~~Bonnie
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>>That how you would do it in Foxpro.
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>>>Is this.Parent what you need?
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>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>I have a form with 2 panels. Each panel contains a button. When I press the button I want to display the name of the panel. I expect to use GetContainerControl to give me this information but I can't figure out how to use the function. Basically I want access to information about a controls parent.
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>>>>TIA
>>>>Robert