> > > It would also be very helpful to display the labels at
> > > design time
> >
> > That's a little more difficult because I found that I must
> > not actually *create* a label at design time because it will
> > then be added to the form physically. Does anybody have an
> > idea how to do that? Can I maybe remove the autolabel just
> > in time before the form is saved? Somehow I doubt that ...
>
> AFAIK, any items with Owner=Form will be automatically added. I have
> not seen your code, but if you make the Owner=Edit you should avoid
> this problem.

Look in the SearchPanel control on how to avoid this problem even though the
form is the owner.

I have to deal with the same issue there.

HTH,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com