>>Hi,
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>>If I bind textbox txtXXX to a data field and then say in some method txtXXX.Value = yyy, have I set (replaced) the data field with the new value? I am using optimistic table buffering. Does that matter at all?
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>The live table isn't updated until you perform a TABLEUPDATE(), but your buffer has been updated, so the new value will appear there once you get beyond the VALID method for the control that you've bound to the table field.

Thanks for the important detail that you must have left the VALID method of control...

Alex