Evan,

Take a look at AMEMBERS(), one of the parameters lets you specify a 'C' for changed properties.

HTH,
Chad

>Hi folks,
>
>Okay, this one's driving me absolutely nucking futs today.
>
>I have a specialized ADO-populated ComboBox, to which I've added (and populated with a default value) a property called icDataLinkFileName to hold the name of the UDL file (if any) which is used by the data handler to populate the control.
>
>Now, in one of the methods of this control, I need to check if this property has been changed in the particular *instance* of the control (ie, when the developer dropped the control onto the form/container, they decided to set the property to something other than its default value). Should be a breeze, right? WROOONG...
>
>I've tried the following, all with no luck:
>a) SYS( 1269, THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 0 ) always returns false
>b) PEMSTATUS( THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 0 ) always returns false
>c) PEMSTATUS( THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 4 ) always returns true
>d) PEMSTATUS( THIS, "icDataLinkFileName", 6 ) always returns true
>
>All the UDL files exist, in the correct location. When I change it in the property sheet, for either the class or the instance, the correct value is there. BUT IT WON'T TELL ME THAT IT'S BEEN CHANGED FROM THE DEFAULT.
>
>This *CAN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT* !!!! What stupid, idiotically simple since-VFP-was-invented function am I overlooking here???
>
>Apologies for the frustrated SHOUTING :) and
>TIA,