>>>>>>>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
>---
>I guess I have missed a step.
>I want to reference a button on a form, but my form is not a class.
>could you please me a smal sample of code to do this?

Rob, i just gave you the sample. Did you read replies? Repeating:
DO FORM frm1 name oApp.frm1 linked
oApp.frm1.cmdButton.Enabled=.t.