>Hi, Chris,
>
>Basically, you have to cast the object to a textbox (or whatever control you're looking at).
>
>There was a good thread on this back in June...kind of a long one, but there's some good info in it...
>
>Thread #920575
>
>Hope that helps...
>Kevin

Also, make sure to check the type of loControl before trying to cast it to your TextBox class. See the TypeOf keyword in the help for examples.