>> I guess this is where I get a little confused. How exactly is the data passed from the business object to the controls? A cursor reference to the data you retrieved through the business object?
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>Paul,
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>The business object ahs a getfielddata method that accepts a field name and returns the field's value. The RefreshData method fo the form or container or whatever does;
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> THIS.Text1.Value = THIS.oBuzObj.GetFieldData("Customer.Name")
> THIS.Text2.Value = THIS.oBusObj.GetFieldData("Customer.CreditLimit")
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>The writeData method of the form et al;
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> THIS.oBusObj.WriteFieldData("Customer.Name",THIS.Text1.Value)
> THIS.oBusObj.WriteFieldData("Customer.CreditLimit",THIS.Text2.Value)
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>The the save method of the form does;
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> IF NOT THIS.oBusObj.SaveData()
> Messagebox("Sorry the update failed",0,"Update Failure")
> ENDIF
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>The form has no tables or views open, mainly because I can't depend that any frontend might be capable of using tables or views, but they can all call a method of the busobj and get the return value back.

This particular approach seems like it would be a lot of work. You actually hardcode the mappings between your controls and your business object in your RefreshData method?