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>>>Any object added on the fly has Visible=.F. so you can set it's properties and than make it visible.
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>>OK here at my computere I create the form in the IDE (File/New/Form)
>>and I add the control fro mteh project manager and it's the same story :-)
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>You cannot see object just adeed in the Form Designer?
It's there in design mode, but when I run it it is just an empty form. But let me set the columncount property....