Ian,
Try using the NAME option when DOing the form:

DO FORM Contacts NAME Contacts

This gives an object reference to the form, so now you can do:
Contacts.txtName.Enabled = .T.

Hope this helps...
Mark


>I can not find a place to put procedure code that will allow me to modify a form. Specifically if a simple test is .t. then I want several fields on a form to be disabled.
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>All of my other PROCEDUREs are stored in my main program. However if, in my main program, I put PROCEDURE code that changes a the ENABLED property of a field, I get one of two errors:
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>1: if I use THISFORM.FIRST_NAME.ENABLED=.f., VFP informs me that THISFORM can only be used in a form, not a program, or;
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>2: if I use the name of the form CONTACTS.FIRST_NAME.ENABLED=.f. VFP informs me it can not find the object CONTACTS.
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>This code is specific to one form so I thought I would try to put the code in the INIT method of the form but VFP informs me that METHODS AND EVENTS CAN NOT CONTAIN NESTED PROCEDURALS. I am fairly certain that this is where I put PROCEDURE code using FP2.6 but apparently it has changed.
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>Where can I put reusable code that makes changes to a fields properties on a form?