You can use field(index) to get the field name, and evaluate(...) to get its contents.

If you use buffering, you don't need to store the original information anywhere else; VFP does it automatically. Use the oldval() function to check for the value prior to the most recent changes.

>Hi All,
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>I need to check 30+ fields for changes and for each field changed, I need to put the date changed into a corresponding field.
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>I thought about putting the old version of each field needed into a Name object on the form, then when they are saving the record to scatter the fields to a different Name object and compare them. But, I think, that is a lot of repetitive code.
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>Anyone have a better way of doing it?
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>TIA
>Beth