> I have an activeX control with a lot of properties.  When I drop the
> control on a form VB calls every Property Get procedure of the control
> to fill the properties list.  This gets annoying because it calls all of
> them everytime I move the control around on the form and it takes a
> while so there is a delay in repainting the screen.  I found out that by
> raising an error on some of the property gets only at design time I
> could control what actualy gets displayed in the properties list.  It
> still has to call all of these property gets though.  Is there any other
> way around this? Things work fine if I keep the properties list window
> closed but I like to have it open.

> Thanks,
> BR