>Terry,
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>The Activex controls in VFP are placed in OLE container which in turn is placed on a form. "thisform.olecontrol.something" references the OLE container. In most cases VFP internaly corectly translates it into "thisform.olecontrol.object.something". However if container has method/event/property with the same name as activex control than VFP doesn't do such translation. To make sure that you reference Activex control method/event/property use "thisform.olecontrol.object.something" notation.

As always, Sergey - it's appreciated. Thanks

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>>>Did you try

Thisform.ListView1.object.Enabled = .F.

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>>>>I would like to disable a listview (or two). I can simulate this by changing the background color and placing a transparent overlay on top of it. Is there a better way?
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>>No - but I will - the "object" clause is alien to me. Thanks to you - and Claudio - I will give it a try.
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>>Any background on the "object" clause. I do not come across it that much (if, at all) in OCX help. Is there a rhyme or reason to it?
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>>Thanks