Hi Eric,
You mention being unable to save the DE with a form class. Unfortuantely VFP does not allow a form class to be saved with a DE, only form instances(scx's). Not sure why your AddObject("DataEnvironment"... failed at runtime.
HTH
Ned
> As the battle rages on, I seem to be getting nowhere...
>
>I'm encountering a host of problems with forms. When run as a normal .scx from the project manager myform returns: "The data source for this object must be variable reference"
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>use mytable in 0 alias dummy
>thisform.Text1.controlsource = dummy.description <-- This line causes the error
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>If I comment out this line the form .scx runs normally.
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>The following code causes another error when I attempt to use a class with a DE containing cursor1 and the initial selected alias set to cursor1.
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>SET CLASSLIB TO vdolib.vcx ADDITIVE
>oPlayForm = CREATEOBJECT('test')
>oPlayForm.dataenvironment.addobject("cursor2","cursor") <-- Causes unknown member error ie: there is no DE contained in this instance
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>BTW - This error is the same with nothing in the data environment prior to saving as class
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>I guess I don't understand this error. If I create a form visually with a DE and control sources set(like the wizard), why does it complain it is an unknown member when this form is saved as a class, then created using CREATEOBJECT()? Is this not essentially the same object whether run as .scx or an object created in runtime code? Do I need to oPlayForm.addobject("dataenvironment", "dataenvironment")? I attempted this and got a message saying the object type is invalid for the container. Does this mean the form that was saved as a class does not qualify to contain a DE?
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>The score is now, VFP - 1
> ERIC - 0
>
>Eric K.