>>>>Is there a fuction to tell me if a text box value has changed during an edit. I show data on a form with all the txt boxes disabled. The user can hit an EDIT command button that then enables all txt boxes and then a SAVE or CANCEL button. I know of several ways to do it programmatily but is there an easy way?
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>>>John,
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>>>The easiest way I know of is also probably the oldest. In you abstract textbox class, add the property .oldValue.
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>>>In the GetFocus() event of the control, add the line:
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>>>.oldvalue = .value
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>>>Now if the user edits the value, .oldvalue will not be equal to value -- something that is easy to check at any time.
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>>>regards,
>>Aha, he was talking about table data changes, not textbox.value changes ? Then it's easier to use buffering and check oldval() vs value.
>>-A textbox class could set a flag on.
>>-Getfldstate(-1)
>>-Getnextmodified() (Maybe has grid too)
>>-scatter memvar name beforedit
>>scatter name afteredit
>>lDataChanged=compobj(beforeedit,afteredit)
>>-oldval(), curval()
>>and so on.
>>Cetin
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>Thanks for all the replies. I wound up using in the txt box valid:
>if oldval('table', 'field' ) = txtbox.value ...
>This allows me to see if that one txt box changed. Any comments?

i prefer using lostfocus for this -- valid is (sometimes) rumored to be going away