Subject Variable used for the field in code? From charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:43:13 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started ["&grd."] does work!!  I must have had a comma instead of a period before.  Thanks again! charlie Wrote: > Hi Ken..  Just saw this.  It is a form which I am trying to do this in.  I tried the macro and dot but that didn't work either.  Although it takes up more space, I was able to get this to work with a elseif. > > Ken Mayer Wrote: > > > 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 > > >