>>>The only way I have succeeded in doing this is to use the OLDVAL() function.
>>>If the values compare equal then SETFLDSTATE back to unchanged. Valid() is where I do it but LostFocus() should work too I guess.
>>>Hacker's warns that using SETFLDSTATE() does NOT prevent an update from taking place so when it comes time to write I use GETFLDSTATE(-1) to check for any changes, reverting if there are none.
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>>Thanks, this is what I am doing as well.
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>Michel,
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>Sorry to inform you that a bug causes that it will not work anymore in VFP7.0 for fields with a default value!
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>The SETFLDSTATE() command does not work anymore on fields with a default value!
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>Koos Veel.

Koos,

Might this not be a question of where (when, actually) the SETFLDSTATE() is issues?

I don't argue that SETFLDSTATE() behavior has changed, but only that it may be that using it in a different place in code may now be necessary.

Jim Nelson