>>>>We talked about that before; I don't want to start this all over. This is not a surrogate PK but a user-specified.
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>>>If your front-end check if the value is empty and make this textbox Readonly. You can do it also in When event assuming VFP application.
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>>Thank you but I don't like this approach; this will only raise questions that I don't want to answer.
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>So, how do you want to solve this problem? You can also make this textbox invisible in case of empty if that's what you meant by hiding.
I will let you know if and when I find the solution to this.
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