>>But I dont quite follow what that last part... what's the gotcha here?
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>If you do a replace on a field, then refresh the form, there will be no way of determining if the value property changed (Programmatic, Interactive, nor the Value_Assign will fire). Thats the gotcha.
Hmmm, that's interesting. I guess I never notice this since I let my business objects rule all data access.
Roxanne M. Seibert
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