>Hi,
>
>Could someone suggest why I am having a problem (actually not me but the customer) in the following segment of code:
>
>The container with the text box has a property control_source. This property has a value V_WORK.EMPLOYEE
>
>The code then checks is the value of the field EMPLOYEE in the cursor V_WORK has been change. Here is the code:
>
>
> cControlSource = ALLTRIM( this.control_source )
> IF EVALUATE( cControlSource ) == OLDVAL( cControlSource )
> RETURN .T.
> ENDIF
>
>
>The problem occurs on the line above, EVALUATE( cControlSource ) == OLDVAL( cControlSource ), and it does
>ALIAS IS NOT FOUND. I verified that the entry in .control_source exists as described above.
>
>TIA.
>
>UPDATE. the following code checks that the alias V_WORK exist and is open. This code, below, is before the code above (just in case someone wonders if the alias is indeed exists and open
>
>
>IF !EMPTY( this.control_source )
> cAlias = SUBSTR( ALLTRIM(this.control_source), 1, AT('.',ALLTRIM(this.control_source)) - 1)
> IF SELECT( cAlias ) > 0
> cControlSource = ALLTRIM( this.control_source )
> IF EVALUATE( cControlSource ) == OLDVAL( cControlSource )
> RETURN .T.
> ENDIF
> ENDIF
>ENDIF
>If someone has a test code (any kind of bogus code) that would generate an error
ALIAS IS NOT FOUND
I would appreciate it!
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