PRIVATE lcfldstate, lcfiedname
lcfieldname = this.controlsource
lcfldstate = GETFLDSTATE(&lcfield)
IF lcfldstate <> 1
Thisform.textbuttons1.cmdedit.click
ENDIF

Michelle,

I tried this an it says that the function is missing a ")".

Any other ideas?

Jim

>>I am trying to determine when a field is changed. The code I am using is below. At runtime the controlsource = customer.contact. When the program executes line 3 I get an "function argument, type, or count is invalid" error. The parameter that is passed to the getfldstate() function is a fieldname. Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I don't know what.
>>
>>Any ideas anyone?
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
>>PRIVATE lcfldstate, lcfiedname
>>lcfieldname = this.controlsource
>>lcfldstate = GETFLDSTATE(lcfieldname)
>>IF lcfldstate <> 1
>> Thisform.textbuttons1.cmdedit.click
>>ENDIF
>
>I _think_ that it's expecting the name as a string, as in ("MyField"). I'm not positive about this. My brain is refusing to cooperate at the moment, so I can't think how to do that with a variable. Maybe &lcfieldname?
>
>-Michelle