Barbara....
Do you need to put the full field name in the oldval? veventbar.qtystart?
>Well, There's ALWAYS 3 ways to do anything with VFP :-)
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>>Barbara...
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>>Ya know, sometimes I just hate programming!!!! Here you pointed out another, wonderful, command (oldval) that
>>I didn't even know existed and I fought a problem programatically awhile ago for a similar need. Geez.
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>>I'll give the OldVal routine a whirl and see if that works. Seems easier.
Peter Brama
West Pointe Enterprises
VFP is getting easier but STILL alot to learn!!