so send them and email and get them off the team so you know what you are dealing with... then... start the class skeleton and finish it in half a day, you must do that asap then devide the work between frame, feild label and form... add few labels to a form and test... then io edit and merge my IO_checklist and IO_menu the io_vedit ant and io_textedit and finaly the project... you are foure four poeple now... so start with the four base classes and test a form filled with labels only remember that, the load of work between the four classes out of 10 are: field: 1.5, frame 1.5, label 3, form 4 ask for my help at anytime so I can lead you toward the right direction...