>>>>>>>>>>>>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.
>
>That's good enough, but also you should have oApp object with property Updatcal
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Please hang in there - we are almost home -
I am not sure how to make a oApp object with property Updatcal?
Remeber, all i want to do is call mybutton.enabled = .t. from a file.