>>Hi guys,
>>Is there a way to change a property of a form from within a PRG file, lets say that I call a program from
>>the init method of my_form, and in that program I want to change my_form.my_property, how can I do that?
>>
>>I tried:
>>DO FORM my_form NAME my_form LINKED
>>and then in the init event of my_form:
>>
>>DO my_prg WITH THISFORM.name
>>
>>and when I try to change the property in my_prg
>>
>>FUNCTION my_prg
>>PARAMETER form_name
>>LOCAL property_name
>>property_name=m.form_name+".my_property"
>>STORE "Hello" to &property_name
>>
>>I receive the error "My_form" is not an object.
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>=THIS.thanks("in advance")
>
>You can try something like this:
>
>**********
>lParameters lcFormName
>
>OkGo = SomeObject
>FOR i = 1 TO _SCREEN.FormCount
> IF _SCREEN.Forms(i).Name = lcFormName
> OkGo = _SCREEN.Forms(i)
> EXIT
> ENDIF
>ENDFOR
>
>IF OkGo <> SomeObject
> OkGo.MyProperty = ...
>ENDIF
>***************
>
>Ok bye!


...better way.

In the Init()
************
=MyPrg(This)


In MyPrg
*************
LParameters oForm

oForm.Property = "Something!"