>>If I have a form in which most of the controls are bound to form properties, and I want to conditionally change the value of one property based on the user changing another should I change the control's value or the form property?
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>>eg. Say I have a check box, chk1 bound to thisform.lChk, and a textbox, txt1 bound to thisform.cText
>>If the user types anything into txt1 I want to set the check box on. So... do I say
>>thisform.lChk = .T.
>>or
>>thisform.chk1.value = .T.
>>????
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>David,
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>'Tis 6 of one, a half dozen of the other. If you...
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>Change the control value, the new value is altomatically propagated to the form property to which it is linked,
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>Change the form's property, you will have to refresh() the control to which it is linked before the new value will appear in the control.
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>regards,

Thanks Jim. So, as Eric said, the second way is best, since it's less work.