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> Steve is it Work for u?
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> 
> LOCAL loError,loObject,lFoundError as Logical
> TRY 
> loObject = CREATEOBJECT("xx.xx")
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> 		 Catch To loError
> 			lFoundError = .T.
>   
> ENDTRY
> IF lFoundError
> =MESSAGEBOX("Register the Control First",0+64,"Info")
> ENDIF
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> Anil
> My Blog

Thanks Anil, I was saving that as last a resort (shoulda mentioned it). I hate to create an "error state" unless there is no other way to test and since the object is already part of the form I would be calling CREATEOBJ just to either trigger error or throw away object so was hoping for something a little more elegant

Thanks for the pointer in your other message to the DLL register fnctino, I will give them a look see

Steve Dingle
http://weblogs.foxite.com/SteveDingle/
www.dsbusinesssolutions.co.uk