What is the actual error returned? Is it unknown member? Are you sure the textbox belongs to the container and not to the form itself?

>The control is a container that has a button and a text box. The name of the control is what I name it. Initially I named it shop_lookup. The name of the textbox contained in the container is txtLookup, which obviously has property .value. The code is in a form button click() method (the form has this container control). And this is the second time that this particular name gives me a trouble and I have to rename it to something like "shopid_lookup" or whatever different. Strange.
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>>What is the actual control's name? Is the control a textbox, a grid, or what? Does it belong to any other object on the form (page in a pageframe, etc)? Or does the textbox sit directly on a form? If you right click on the control in the designer and choose properties, what is its name? Is it shop_lookup or is it txtLookup?
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>>Also, where is your code below located? In what method?
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>>>I get an error "Function missing (" on the following line:
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>>>IF !EMPTY( thisform.shop_lookup.txtLookup.value )    &&& !! Error
>>>ENDIF
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>>>But if I change the name of the control from SHOP_LOOKUP to anything (e.g. .myshop_lookup), no error. What does the "SHOP_LOOKUP" has that makes it different?