>>Actually it was "THISFORM.SETALL("foreCOLOR",RGB(0,0,160))" but I removed it so no effect.
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>I see. With that code, it will overides *any* class that has FORECOLOR property. You can't do much about it.
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>> But this command has no effect
>>"thisform.colorlabel1.caption=item_name" it still says "colorlabel"
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>You can't change the object once it is created. If you need to do that you have to add more code to the class.
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>>PS. Is it not the wee hours where you live?
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>What is "wee hours"? is it "time to sleep" ? Sorry, though I've been to US, but my english is not good enough. <g>

Yes, I meant sleep hours, you're on other side of the globe.
However in my init and activate I have "thisform.colorlabel1.caption=mlog_nbr"
but it has no effect, it still says "color label"