>I have an active x that has a defaultFont object
>
>you would normally set the like so
>
>

>with .defaultMenuFont
> .name = "Tahoma"
> .Size = 8
> .weight = "bold"
>endw
>

>
>
>but vfp refuses to execute the command with size in it it says syntax error
>
>BUT in the watch window:
>

> .defaultMenuFont.Size      $      9
>

>
>and if i change it in the watch window it changes fine and the font is now a different size ???
>
>
>I even tried to fool it with:
>
>

>EVALUATE( ".defaultMenuFont.Siz" + "e =  7" )
>

>
>no dice....
>
>Anyone dealt with this before ??
>
>TIA

Greg, have you tried setting the size by specifying the complete object reference ie. not using WITH...ENDWITH? Just a WAG...