Hi Chad,

Great idea, and one I hadn't thought of.

Unfortunately. no joy -- same situation. BTW, if the property is changed in *code*, I think all of these work correctly. If it's changed in the Property Sheet, though...nada.

If I can confirm that last statement, this might be a bona-fide *bug* (g).

Thanks for your help.


>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,