Loop with the FIELD() command.
>I have a db table that has a series of fields like this....
>
>myfile.butn1
>myfile.cap1
>myfile.butn2
>myfile.cap2
>myfile.butn3
>myfile.cap3
>...
>
>I have a command that needs to be run on each field in the table...
>
>thisform.butn1.caption="\<1"+chr(13)+trim(myfile.cap1)
>thisform.butn2.caption="\<2"+chr(13)+trim(myfile.cap2)
>thisform.butn3.caption="\<3"+chr(13)+trim(myfile.cap3)
>
>can this be looped somehow using a FOR or something similar to step through the
>all the fields replacing the #'s above with a variable or something? This is a simple
>example but a couple other methods are going to have multiple commands for each
>field in the file (all commands are the same for each field except for the field names
>switching
>
>Thanks