>>>>
>>>>That's easy. The value is null because it doesn't exist.
>>>
>>>The value was set at design time.
>>

>>use yourform.scx alias CheckForm
>>locate for CheckGForm.baseclass = "form"
>>lnPos = at("WindowType = ", CheckForm.properties)
>>if m.lnPos > 0
>>    lcType = substr(CheckForm.Properties,m.lnPos + len("WindowType = ")+1,1)
>>endif

>
>Thank you... it worked like a champ...

And so simple :)

BTW, did you mean to award yourself 3 stars? :)