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>>(1) easy to test - hit TAB after you have changed the contents of the textbox, then call getfldstate()
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>>(2) A refresh() will revert any changes you have done to the textbox - before TableUpdate() this is
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>Yes, TAB away from the control makes getfldstate() be correctly updated.
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>So, refresh() is not the way to go.
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>I am not revising the entire approach of using the change in the cursor buffer. There has to be another way to do what I am trying to do.


maybe you can use a combination of both

getflfState() or (eval(thisform.ActiveControl.RecordSource) < > thisform.ActiveControl.Value)


But in any case, you have to move off the ActiveControl before you do TableUpdate()