It's been many years since I used WinForms but if I remember visual inheritance and WinForms designer support in Visual Studio don't work the same as you would be used to from VFP or VB6. Basically you have to programmatically add designer support, or as you say programmatically update any control properties you want to change.
WPF and its successors are much better in this regard. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/f29ec5af-8c25-410a-87a7-ef2e40794...@www.fastmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.