>>>>Is there a way to populate an array with the names of the fields used on a form, both parent and child, so that you have only the field names that actually have been placed on the form? I'm hoping for a magic bullet here<g>.TIA
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>>>Start from:
>>>=amembers(myarray,thisform,2)
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>>In the Load event of my form I placed "=amembers(fldarray,thisform.dataenvironment,2)", the array was populated with three elements, Cursor1, Cursor2, and Relation1. That's a lot closer. Any hints on how to drill down to the field names?
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>Another way is to check Control.ControlSource properties. It entirely depends on your needs.
I need to get just the field names on the form. Won't the cursors return all fields in the respective table? I'll go check out control source properties. Thanks.