>>>>A form I have has 'somefile.dbf' in its data env. but under the properties section there is no mention of a rowsource etc.
>>>>I want this form to accomadate files of different names but same structures.
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>>>Can you restate the question more specifically?
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>>I guess I needed to highlite a textbox for the rowsource to appear in the properties. I had to go thru each textbox and remove the dbf reference manually.
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>Could you use the DE ALIAS property to name the file myalias? Then in whatever object that uses
>this alias, the rowsource would always be "Myalias.field1, field2".
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>Jerry Tovar

Can I remove the reference to the dbf in the form?
I am getting "ERROR LOADING FILE-CONTROLSOURCE"
The form can accomodate several diff files with the EXACT same struct.