>>In my validation class, prior to getting the Properties for a table.field object, I want to be sure it exists so I don't raise an error message.
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>DBCXGetProp() won't give an error if lDebugMode is .F. -- it just returns .NULL. if either the object or the property don't exist.
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Oh thanks... this should work fine... and, as I said, since a control can't run without a valid control source I don't really expect this to happen. If it does I guess I should validate the metadata?

BOb