>>>>>How can I set the property of a button from a procedure?
>>>>>From a menu option and in a procedure file, I want to enable
>>>>>a button on my form. any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>As long as you keep reference to a form, you can use this reference:
>>>>oApp.frm1.cmdButton.enabled=.t.
>>>---
>>>OK - we said you could createobject for a class and reference a method
>>>from that class, but we did not say anything about creatobject with a FORM
>>>and reference objects on that from? can I :
>>>omy_form = createobject("myform") and then
>>>omy_form.cmdbutton.enabled - .t. ????
>>>can I do this? and it this the way it is done?
>>
>>Yes, you should link form object to variable or much better to app object property:
>>oApp.Frm1=createobject("class1")
>>or
>>DO FORM frm1 name oApp.frm1 linked
>---
>I tried to o.my_form=createobject("my_from") and I got an
>error message saying: class definition MY_FORM not found?
>can you help with this? MY_FORM is my main FORM.

You had it:
DO FORM frm1 name oApp.frm1 linked