>Clark,
>
>You could do this:
>
>varAbc = EVAL(This.Parent.Parent.RecordSource + '.fieldWhatEver')
>
>>I currently use something like this in valid of txtbox in grid class thta is used on many forms with differnt table as source for each.
>> select( )
>> varABC = fieldWhatEver
>>Is there a way to reference that field value like you would if you knew the alias ?
>> varAbc = table1.fieldWhatEver
>>
>> Thanks !!

Josh,

Thanks for help, when I moved my app to VFP I read through all the functions but I guess I just blew on by EVAL....
CB