CREATE CLASS Test OF temp.vcx ; AS iBar FROM C:\VSO3\Codebook\Common\ILibs\iMenus.vcx NOWAIT ? ASELOBJ( laX ) * the rest of your builder goes here? ? laX[1].NAMEI get a 0 in aselobj(lax). I also tried ACTIVATE WINDOW CLASS (the class is created okay) before the aselobj() but no luck.