>What's the best way to set a textbox, editbox, combo box, etc. to a default value.
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>I read about setting default values through the Table Designer under the Caption "Default Value." That sounds like what I might want to do, but whenever I try it I get an error that my Default Value does not match the type of my field.
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>My field is state, character, 2
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>My default value is:
>state="FL"

No need to specify state field. Just "FL".

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>Thanks for all your help everybody. I used to be a heavy-duty machine language programmer for a bunch of years writing mainframe system software, and had alot fewer problems than this VFP gives me. But I am not afraid of it, just a little frustrated and impatient at times. I guess I'm just having one of those days when nothing works.