>>>In a form, I want to alternately open View1, View2, or Table1 (the table underlying both views), based on a parameter.
>>>
>>>Parameters are accepted in Form.Init(). Form.Load(), or DataEnvironment.OpenTables(), gets called before Form.Init(), right?
>>>
>>>Is there any workaround for this situation, other than creating several copies of the form (with inheritance, of course)?
>>>
>>>TIA, Hilmar.
>>
>>You can open the tables programmatically like so:
>>
This.DataEnvironment.AddObject("myAlias", "Cursor")
>>With This.DataEnvironment.myAlias
>> .Alias = "myTable"
>> .CursorSource = "mytable.dbf"
>>EndWith
>>This.DataEnvironment.OpenTables()
>>Set the DE AutoOpenTables to .F. before this.
>
>On reading your message again, I think you are proposing to postpone opening the tables. I wonder, if I do this in Form.Init(), after accepting the parameters, wouldn't this cause problems with unbound objects?
>
>Hilmar.
Yes, I'm afraid, it may cause some problems...
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