>Data validation techniques have evolved dramatically over the years in xBase languages.
>In VFP I find there are many ways to get the job done.
>What is the proper (Hmm.. Is proper the simplest, cleverest or most elegant?) way to select from a dropdown list a valid selection? I am trying to use a combo box populated with a cursor of valid selections. The cursor is multi column with the “Description” visible to the user while in the background I want to use the second column (key value of selection) to populate the field of my table. The description is all that is visible to the user.
>I have not been successful in finding examples of this approach.
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>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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>Gary De Lecce

The simple way would be to use MyCursorName.MyFieldName for your value. Alternatively you can use value of the combobox.