Ok
This is a good start. I have 2 vfp apps running on the same computer. I would like the second app to know when the first app writes to the data table. What do think about that?

Neil


>>Hi,
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>>Is there a way to bind a control on a form to an event that is occuring in a data table? I would like my form to know when data is written to a table. Sort of like a bindevents for data a table.
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>>Thanx,
>>Neil
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>One way to detect when changes are done, is to use triggers. In this trigger, you could put any code. However, this will only work for changes done by the same user.
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>TextBoxes are "bound" to data, not to changes. One workaround would be to use a Timer that regularly checks for CurVal("MyField"). This will check the actual value on disk - which may have been changed by another user.