Good point (& thanks for the follow up). My version is "MS Access 2002 (10.6771.6847) SP3", which I believe is the "Office XP" version. Seems like that makes it two versions ago, I normally keep to VB as there is less of that sort of stuff (oops, notwithstanding that big one from VB6 to VB.NET nine or so years ago - my how time flies!). At that, I'm still using the .NET Studio 2003 & 2005 versions (and still keeping a VB6 machine alive, for that matter). But you are right, as one ponders a "product" even a shareware one, version compatibility is a consideration and finding a break in the object model is certainly enough to "ruin one's day". I will post again if/when I have useful further info that warrants it. Best Regards, John A

Most Excellent Answer, it would not have occurred to me, but YES, this did the trick nicely. I'm a developer who appreciate how Access puts the "Rapid" into "RAD", but yes, it sure is a bummer when you have 25 forms with 50 to 100 fields each (they are REALLY crowded), and then it's a "Yikes" I have to convert them by HAND! (eg. into Winforms for SQL w/ VB.NET or Web form for ASP.NET etc). But "Voila", after taking the suggestion of David R, life is good! OK, so I'm not done, but it's going well, "the nut is cracked" (as the squirrels say). So rather than more platitudes, here is the code (below). As they say, "your mileage may vary", you will probably want a few more parameters (tabindex#, Locked etc), but this is the core. I decided that "On Error Resume Next" was the easiest way to skip the errors that occur when a control is missing a property, for instance a label does not have a ControlSource. I hope this is clear enough as is, but please "drop me a line" if I can answer further questions. Time permitting, I'll turn this into a shareware offering (like the now dearly departed EvolutionSoft, what happened to them?). Here is the Access VBA code "snippit": ("CTL" is abbreviation for Control; "CTL SRCE" is "ControlSource") On Error Resume Next FOR i 0 to Me.Controls.Count -1 OutFile.WriteLine("CTL- NAME: " & Me.Controls(i).NAME) OutFile.WriteLine("_CTL SRCE: " & Me.Controls(i).ControlSource) OutFile.WriteLine("_____LEFT: " & Me.Controls(i).Left) OutFile.WriteLine("_____TOP: " & Me.Controls(i).Top) OutFile.WriteLine("___WIDTH: " & Me.Controls(i).Width) OutFile.WriteLine("___HEIGHT: " & Me.Controls(i).Height) Next i John A