Bill,

Does Marcia's reply get you past the hurdle?

FWIW I never set the PageCount until I get to the actual instance of the pageframe because I always give pages meaningful names so that I can easier navigate via the object list on the property sheet.

>Your response seems to indicate that there is a better solution. Are you implying that I should try to keep PageCount=0 in my base class? If so, do you have any suggestions on what might be causing this problem?