>Hope this isn't another dumb question but ....
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>I have a business rule object that has a rule which simply compares the sum of several fields in the view with a total that the user entered in the form (the tot is saved in a property on the form).
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>I tried something like:
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>if v_invoice.ext + v_invoice.tax + v_invoice.extras <> thisform.nTotal
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>which blew up because there is no form in the business rule class! So I'm using _screen.activeform.nTotal instead. Is this the best way to reference the property?
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>Thanks

Sally,

Agreeing with Michael and Jay, it's good practice not to reference a form from within a business object unless you wrap it in a method that determines if the BO is being hosted by a form. The kBizObz has just such a method: IsFormHost().