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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00016377
Message ID:
00016716
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>>>BTW, sometimes it's good to set both Value and DisplayValue properties.
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>>Yes, I've noticed that too.
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>>Do you have any rules or guidelines for when you use Value and when DisplayValue?
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>>I haven't done enough research to find a pattern in the behaviour.
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>I just noticed that 'DisplayValue' setting is relevant if RowSource taken from Array, but for Alias/Fields 'Value' is always enough.

Hi Guys,
Normally I think of the DisplayValue as the text value and the Value property as it's index in the list. (Of course this changes if you reorganize your list).
Good luck!
Hugh
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