>The form conversion from a VFP 6.0 form to VFP 9.0 is ugly as all git out! (A Texas type of saying-see King of the Hill for confirmation.)
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>I didn't realize that there had to be a covnersion, but I suppose with all these new properties, something had to give and be so different that you could not easily go from VFP 6.0 to 9.0. Am I wrong about this?
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>I will basically have to write things almost from scratch. I was, however, able to use my visual class library and crate a new form based on the previous class design.

There is no conversion going on. Most likely what you're running into is themes. Try setting Themes=.F. on your forms (or, for simplicity, _VFP.Themes = .F.).

Tamar