Tony,

You can check TYPE("Thisform.pgf1.pag1.txtThis.Name") = "C" If the data type of the Name property is C then it exists, if not it does not exist.


>Hi,
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>Suppose I have a a control name like "pgf1.pag1.txtThis" and I want to know if it still exists on a particular open form. Is there an easy way to do this?
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>If it helps, the reason I have the control name is that I'm allowing the user to customize controls. When a form opens I look through a table to see if any of there any customized controls for this form. If so, I use the saved name to create a control object and then customize away. However, I'd like to make sure the control actually exists without having to parse out the name and doing a PEMSTATUS on each level. Being a VFP newbie, I can't figure out a better way.
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>Thanks.