>>Why do you need a formset? Why can't you just make
>>single forms and call them when you need to?
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>Yes, you can.
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>By default, form sets imported form FoxPro 2.6 are created as VFP form sets - because a form set has extra events/methods which are directly backward-compatilbe with the old Foundation Read and its While, Valid etc.
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>Form sets also have a shared datasession among the contained forms.
>You can add a toolbar to a form set.
>Form sets have a forms[] collection and formcount.
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>Someone suggested using a formset for their application framework because of the forms[] and the ability to add toolbars
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>I don't think that's a good reason to use them.
>I don't use them.

We've had several threads on this, as you know -- it's kind of a matter of taste, more than anything, I'd say. I still find it more practical to use formsets if a group of forms have a lot in common, will be edited simultaneously, and opened/closed simultaneously. I still use singles frequently, too...

The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.