>>>>>>>I am looking for the setall syntax to make a form's textboxes read only. Thanks!
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>>>>>>Thisform.Setall("ReadOnly",.t.,"textbox")
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>>>>>Than you but 1 prob. I created the form via quikform and the textboxes are actually labled [ab]po_nbr.click so not sure if they qualify as textboxes.
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>>>>Sorry, could you explain again what is "labled [ab]po_nbr.click"?
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>>>po_nbr is just one of a bunch of so called textboxes on the form and was given as an example. The form like I said was created using quikform method. whenclicking on the the thing in edit mode, the object is referneced with the [ab] prefix, as you could see if you try it.
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>>The only thing you should worry about is Class from these textboxes were instanciated. You should use exactly the same class name in Setall method syntax.
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>Makes sense, so I put Thisform.Setall("ReadOnly",.t.,"textbox")
>into the form's activate but I can still edit the textboxes.

You need to set txtbutt (command group) property txtbutt.usercontrolmode = .t. ,
if you are using command group in quick form.
Ed