>>Is there a way to determine if a controlsource was a table field or a property - variable?
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>>I need to know this to assign a new value to the controlsource of an object programmatically. I have added the "controlsource" property to a container and i need a way to reassing a value to this controlsource.
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>>Fields use the REPLACE command and properties/variables use the "=" assignation.
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>>Any clue?
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>fsize() would return 0 for non table ones.
>Cetin

That can help, but it return 0 also if the table name was included.

And, if i remove what is before the dot, it can lead to trouble.
ie: tablename.charfield and thisform.charfield

I expect a way to test it without parsing the string.

Any idea?