>I have a WriteBuffer method in Codebook that checks to see if it should write changes to the buffer if the user clicks on the toolbar, it works good. The only problem is that it doesn't update the buffer with OleBoundcontrols because:
>
>1. You can't EVAL(_screen.activecontrol.controlsource)
>on a general field.
>2. The OleBoundControl doesn't have a value property to check against the controlsource.
>3. Oldval() and Curval() don't work on general fields.
>
>One workaround is to eliminate checking to see if it has changed like the grid, but this is not the answer if we want to buffer all data fields.
>
>Any advise?
>
>Thanks,
>Greg

Crude way to do this is to store the datetime stamp of the .fpt file where the general field is stored. If the general field is changed in any record the datetime stamp will be updated.

HTH