>>>>I am only working with an array which is tied to a listbox.
>>>>I use the ADEL fnction to remove an item that the users has clicked on but since doing this does not change the array size I need the array resized so the "deleted" array item does not show up. might I somehow copy to another array and use that for the listbox. I can't use ACOPY( ) with qualifiers however.
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>>>Just re-DIMENSION it, Timothy.
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>>Hi, I tried that but it looks screwy when the listbox gains focus after the redimension. My select statement selects about 6 or 7 fields for the listbox display and I guess this is a 2 dimension array? Do I need qualifiers with my adel function so I remove the entire "record"
>>-TB
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>Tim,
>When you delete an array item, the entire row (unless you specify the column) is moved to the bottom of the array and given .F. values across the board. Simply re-dimension it using the current number of rows - 1 and the currnt number of columns.
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>Ex.
>Adel(MyArray,nElement)
>lnlength = alen(MyArray,1)
>dimension MyArray(lnlength-1,alen(MyArray,2))
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>You can also surround this stuff with THISFORM.LockScreen = .T./THISFORM.LockScreen = .F. if you get too much flickering.
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>HTH.
Ok, I got your concept and executed. my array was 10 items, 7 cols.
I deleted 1 item using adel and redimensioned it using your code( 1 less row, same # of columns) Now the listbox has scores of .F. on the bottom 30 rows :(