Subject Re: Variable used for the field in code? From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:40:03 -0800 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 11/16/2023 10:58 AM, charlie wrote: > tHANKS kEN..  i HOPE YOUR WIFE IS OK. > > I couldn't get it to work but used endif statements instead which does work.  But it does take a lot if text. > Thanks, my wife is having fun with her eye (cataract surgery, lens that was put in three years ago is becoming detached ... sheesh). More surgery in the future, fun. Okay. Well, let me take a look. I know it should be doable ... The biggest issue is that as soon as you open the form in the form designer, any memory variables will be evaluated, and changed to their actual values. Is this something you are trying to do in a form, or in a program? Try changing the code to use the following -- it's using macro expansion to put the fieldname into the location (note you need the ampersand (&) and dot (.) characters there): form.spinboxestv1.value = val(co.fields["&grd."].value) Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm