>>What does it mean when a developer has put this in the property of form instead of just quotes?
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>>=''
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>It depends on the property. For a property that assumes a string value (caption of a label) the = sign means evaluate the expression so
=""
is an empty string while
""
would show two double-quotes.
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>I know I've done it in the past, but I don't remember exactly why and I don't have the form in front of me now for a reminder.
You would actually need the "=" sign to assign some function to a property. For example, if you want to show the current time on a Label (initially; you would need a Timer to update it later):
time() in the .Caption property would show the text "time()".
= time() in the .Caption property would show the actual time.
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