>I think Codemine's data layer is its *best* feature.

yes, I agree its very good - _as long as_ you do it the CM way ;-)

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>>the data layer has to be done its way only - or funny things happen ...
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>Example? I'm interested to know what you have to do "its way" that causes "the funny things".

use a control's Valid instead of afterchange/validatefield ... or set a value / property directly instead of using set / setvalue ...

Cheers