>>If I add a new property to a field entitled "WebControlType"
>>How do I access the value of that property programmatically?
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>You should have an object reference to the DBCx Manager, and you can use that. Here's the code (including instanciating the Meta Manager):
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>* Setup the Dbcx Manager
>oMeta = newobject('DBCXMgr', 'DBCXMgr.vcx', '', .F., lcMetaDataDir)
>oMeta.SetDatabase(dbc())
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>* Get a property of a specific field
>oMeta.dbcXGetProp(cFieldName, "FIELD", "WebControlType")
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>* Get an array of fields for a certain property
>oMeta.dbcxGetAllobjects('field', @laFields, '', 'WebControlType', 'MyType')
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>That last line is pretty cool, it will get you an array of all the fields in the database where the WebControlType is "MyType"... at least I think I got the syntax right. Doug will probably correct me if I don't :-)

I am really disappointed that it took almost 12 minutes to get the answer to a fairly advanced VFP question...

just kidding....
thanks!!!