The both lines give "syntax error".

m.typefilt = "INLIST(a09macct.typegroup, "CASH", "BANK")
m.typefilt = "typgrp(a09macct.typegroup, "CASH", "BANK")

What's your actual code?


>Hi all
>
>I didn't know how to name this thread, thus an odd one.
>
>Here is my code from the init of the screen:
>

>m.typefilt = "INLIST(a09macct.typegroup, "CASH", "BANK")
>

>
>this is the code in the valid of an invisible button:
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>invhelp(paras, ..., m.typefilt)
>

>
>this is the code in invhelp():
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>PARAMETERS m.zparas, ..., m.zfilter
>...
>IF m.zfilter # "NOCHANGE"
>   SET FILTER TO &zfilter.
>ENDIF
>...
>

>
>
>This above works well. Now I ended up with a requirement wherein the typegroup can contain a word and not necessary at the start of the field. So I wrote a udf to tackle the same which just does a $ for each and every parameters passed to the UDF so the inv. button call changed to:
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>Here is my code from the init of the screen:
>

>m.typefilt = "typgrp(a09macct.typegroup, "CASH", "BANK")
>

>
>This above started giving me errors so I changed the inv. button code to:

>invhelp(paras, ..., &typefilt.)
>

>
>
>
>Great works for a screen, but the second screen gives an error, why?
>
>Because in the second screen the same inv. buttons valid codes interprets the string m.typefilt and sends either a .T. or .F. to the invhelp() function.
>
>
>Please can anybody shed some light on what might be happening. Switch back to INLIST and all previous code works.