>I want to set the TooltipText of my textbox class to the comments property of the field of the ControlSource, but I need to check if the control source is actually a field of a table/view in a database.
>
>This is what i have so far:
>
>
>If Empty(This.ToolTipText) Then
> If "." $ This.ControlSource Then
> Set Database To (CursorGetProp("Database",Getwordnum(This.ControlSource, 1, ".")))
> This.ToolTipText = DBGetProp(This.ControlSource,"Field","Comment")
> Endif
>Endif
>
>
>There are some checks missing in the above code, I need help with the following:
>
>1. Determine if a controlsource is in fact a field in a table/cursor/view, or an object property or a variable.
>2. If the controlsource is a field in a table/cursor/view, determine if the table/view is contained in a database
>
>Thanks
>
>Carlos Alloatti
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Re: Detecting field presence in dbf Thread #
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