>   BTW. I've been using the Event test as an example... Guess what --
>   that
> guy totally works. So I'm forgetting some (small?!?) that will make
> mine work. I've been pooring over that example for the past hour and
> I can't see what I've forgotten. If anyone else spots it...
  I wonder you forgot (missed) to implement 
    virtual Bool_t    TObject::IsFolder();
  By default it looks as followes:
/__________________________________________
Bool_t TObject::IsFolder() {
   // Returns kTRUE in case object contains browsable objects (like
       containers 
   // or lists of other objects).
   return kFALSE;
}
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