Yes I did test it. I tested from textbox, and in the valid event I put:

ThisForm.ColorLabel1.Caption = alltrim( This.Value )

It works just fine. And I just tried from KeyPress event, it also works

>Ok, I did as instructed. Did you test this out? It did not seem to have any effect. In both the activate and keypress of a form that I have that uses your class invokes this: "thisform.colorlabel1.caption=log_nbr", even though the log_nbr has advanced to the next record, the colorlabel1 still displays the orig log_nbr.
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>>Glad you solved the problem, but I need to say something. The class I gave you, only has a basic functionality. If you want to do more than that, such as changing the caption anytime you want (i.e.: when refreshing the form), you have to modify the class.
>>
>>Update:
>>OK. Let's do this.
>>- Open up the ColorLabel class
>>- Add a method named "SetCaption"
>>- Open the Init event, cut all the code there and paste to the SetCaption method
>>- Add this code in the Init event:
>>

>>This.SetCaption()
>>

>>- From the Class menu, click on "Edit Property/Method.."
>>- From the property dialog, Select Caption property then check on the "Assign Method", click on apply.
>>- Now you have one more new method called "Caption_Assign". Put this code in that method:
>>

>>Local ln_X
>>
>>With This
>>   If !(.Caption == vNewVal)
>>      For ln_X = 1 to This.ControlCount
>>         lc_Object = 'lblName' + alltrim(str( ln_X ))
>>         .RemoveObject( lc_Object )
>>      Next
>>
>>      .Caption = vNewVal
>>      .SetCaption()
>>   endif
>>EndWith
>>

>>
>>Now you can assign the caption anytime you want.
>>
>>HTH