>>>>>>>>>>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.
>>---
>>Here is the code I am using and it is not working:
>>DO FORM updatcal oApp.updatcal linked
>>oApp.updatcal.cmdenterquery.Enabled=.t.
>>is this all the code?
>
>Where is name? Should i repeat one more time?
---
OK - I put name in..
DO FORM updatcal name oApp.updatcal linked
oApp.updatcal.cmdenterquery.Enabled=.t.
Now I get an error message saying: property UPDATCAL is not found.
UPDATCAL is the name of my FORM.