Ok

I see how that works - that should work for the field names in the table ... but what about the corresponding
button names on the form?

Here is my code snippet the LONG way...

MENU is the table name (I know, MENU is a reserved word ;-) )
DESCx is the caption stored in the MENU table
BUTNx is the button on the form


if !isblank(menu.type1)
thisform.butn1.enabled=.T.
thisform.butn1.caption="\<1"+chr(13)+trim(menu.desc1)
else
thisform.butn1.enabled=.F.
thisform.butn1.caption="\<1"
endif

if !isblank(menu.type2)
thisform.butn2.enabled=.T.
thisform.butn2.caption="\<2"+chr(13)+trim(menu.desc2)
else
thisform.butn2.enabled=.F.
thisform.butn2.caption="\<2"
endif

if !isblank(menu.type3)
thisform.butn3.enabled=.T.
thisform.butn3.caption="\<3"+chr(13)+trim(menu.desc3)
else
thisform.butn3.enabled=.F.
thisform.butn3.caption="\<3"
endif

if !isblank(menu.type4)
thisform.butn4.enabled=.T.
thisform.butn4.caption="\<4"+chr(13)+trim(menu.desc4)
else
thisform.butn4.enabled=.F.
thisform.butn4.caption="\<4"
endif



Pete

>>I see what the field command does but how do I know what field I am in... I need to use the CAP fields only
>>and not the others. Is there anyway to just get those?
>>
>
>You could use AFIELDS() then ASCAN() to locate them. Make sure EXACT is set to OFF, however.