>Got time for a quicky question naomi?
>in the edit box window i have created how would i place a database record in the editbox - complicated?
>or just a simple change in the one line of code
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>currently the contents is defined by variable mes (message)
>oFrm.edit1.value = filetostr(mes)
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>i would like it to display (and edit) record number 2 of database 'mydata'
>readonly .f., (the edit i can handle) -
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>the record i'm clueless - If its too complicated you can take a pass on this one :)
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>thanks
>
>k

You can directly open the table in the Load method of the form with

USE myTable in 0 alias myTable shared

And then set

thisform.myEditBox.ControlSource = 'MyTable.MyMemoField' && You can set it in the Init of the form

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I usually prefer to either use buffered tables or local views or CursorAdapter. In any case, you just assing ControlSource of the control (in this case EditBox) to a Table.Field. You can do this in the property sheet or in code.