I guess it never escaped me because I never heard of PEMstatus. Reminds me of the Pemigewasset river up here in NH country. Anyway, still having trouble becasue if a control doesn't even exist, I cannot even refer to it.
Or am I not comprehending correctly.
>>It escapes me the syntax for checking for the existence of a control like a commandbutton. If...............?
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>>-TB
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>How about
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>IF VARTYPE(THIS.oControlName)="O"
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>or
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>IF TYPE("THIS.oControlName")="O"
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>or
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>IF PEMSTATUS(THIS,"oControlName",5)
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