Subject Re: replace command From Gaetano D. <gaetanodd@hotmail.com> Date Sun, 2 May 2021 06:21:49 +1000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2/05/2021 1:44, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2021/05/01 11:40, Gaetano D. wrote: > >> I just tried an entryfield inside a container object, and it does >> understand "form.rowset". I am lost now... I thought that direct >> parenthood was the dividing line... but obviously not. Since "this" >> means the entryfield in the entryfield's onChange event, and >> this.parent is the container, how does this entryfield inside the >> container know about the form object? > > I can't replicate this. > > In the attached example the entryfield's onChange event handler has no > problem writing to the form's rowset. > > Mervyn. that is what I was saying: "it DOES understand" :) I wonder why this awareness of the form could not be extended to the rowset "branch", after all the rowset is attached to a query that is attached to the form... I get that it works, but I don't get why it doesn't work for rowsets because they are attached to the form in the same way (as far as I can tell...). Gaetano.