>>>>You need to look at the actual values in these controls, particularly the EditBox. If the EditBox is linked to a Memo field, then I believe that EMPTY() is only true if value is zero-length.
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>>>No, it is not a true statement. It might show as 'Memo' but empty() in that code would return true if memo only have white space created with CRLF, TAB and space.
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>>>Update: BTW he took that part from me and glued with some new code. But he doesn't say what does 'not work' mean, what are the actual datatypes etc.
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>>>Cetin
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>>Cetin,
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>>I just tested this and a Memo field with spaces, etc., returns a false for EMPTY().
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>>Chris
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>Chris,
>I think I misinterpereted your saying wrong originally. Attached on code's top probably at that time I thought in reference to that code. Now reading your sentence alone here, you are right too. Sorry for the misinterpretation. Mine was about the code piece I showed in other post.
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>Cetin

I had a feeling that we were comparing apples to oranges. In using a memo field, I believe that it is imperative to use ALLTRIM to ensure that you are looking at the actual content and not the extraneous white space.