>>>
>>>I think i will forget about all that stuff and use a normal checkbox
>>>out of sight in the container and let it hold the controlsource.
>>>
>>>:-)
>>
>>Another alternative would be to have a property on the form, like:
>>
>>lControlSourced
>>
>>Set that to .T. as your default, set to .F. where not the case.
>>
>>Then you have a simple way of determining the path your code can take to effectively process.
>>
>> Jay
>
>That can not help me...
>
>If you look at the question, i search a way to know if a value in the controlsource property was a field or a property/variable.
>
>No star for this one! :-)

Aw, shucks!

I understand that that's your issue. But, I offer that suggestion because sometimes it's easier to redefine the issue than to develop a solution with the issue as originally defined!

Jay