>Hi!
>
>In addition, it is popular approach to get value of the current cell using
>evaluate(grid.columnXXX.ControlSource) or using control source of corresponding text box that will also work when current alias is not what is used by grid.
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>Anyway, take a look to the grid in run-time. From what I know, grid extends the field name by alais during initialization automatically. When I use grid based on the SELECT statement, I get the record source alias name for that select statement from the control source ;)
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>>Does anyone know about any advantages - or disadvantages - of including an alias in a grid column? That is, Column1.ControlSource = "MyTable.MyField", vs. only "MyField".
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>>Hilmar.
Thank you.
One reason I asked is because I sometimes change from tables to views, and sometimes get into trouble when I forget to change the Alias.
Hilmar.
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