Excellent! Thanks this is exactly the implementation which works at runtime, and design time.

Glenn

>Hi Glenn,
>
>Here's what you can do:
>
>Add a property to your user control like this:
>
>[
>System.ComponentModel.Description("The text of the first button"),
>System.ComponentModel.Category("Appearance")
>]
>public String Text
>{
> get {return this.checkbox1.Text}
> set {this.checkbox1.Text = value}
>}
>
>I hope this is what you need. Success!
>
>Best,
>Vera