>actually, this doesn't work. if i have an object with .top=50 and i then set it to .top=100, the .resettodefault("top") method set .top=0.
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>>>i am basically adding a "reset to default button" and want the text box to return to its original position of ".top=100". i am assuming that value is accessible and i don't have to create a variable to store it.
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>>you could use the .ResetToDefault() method of the textbox:
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>>textbox.resettodefault("top")

Nancy,
It sounds like you moved the object after it was created. An example of this would be to position the object after instantiation if the form resized.

Getting away from the .Top example, if you want to reset to any value other than the value that existed when the object was first created, you will need to store the value you want in some custom property and create a custom method to do it.

Now you can override the ResetToDefault() method in your subclasses. You could put code in there to read the custom property and assign the value. You could also add the NODEFAULT keyword so VFP's ResetToDefault internal behavior doesn't take place.

HTH.