>>>>Does anyone have or know of a delete button class which will allow me to delete child records of the parent? I realized (rather late I'm afraid) that the delete button I'm using assumes I want to delete for the master alias, and pays no attention to the children.
>>>>
>>>>I made things complicated for myself in that I was trying to use the same set of buttons at the bottom of the form and have them apply to my master table when I was on Page 1 of a page frame, and the child table when I'm on Page 2. The other parts seem to be working, but the delete is really insufficient.
>>>>
>>>>On the other hand, who needs to delete anyway;)
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Sylvia
>>>Sylvia,
>>>Using referential integrity for database I think a button with only a custom property cAlias2OperateOn would be sufficient.
>>>Cetin
>>
>>Cetin -
>>Can you be more explicit about what should that button contain)?
>>Sylvia
>>P.S. When do you sleep <g>?
>

define class DeleteButton as commandbutton
>cAlias2OperateOn = ""
>procedure init
> if empty(this.cAlias2OperateOn)
>    cAlias2OperateOn = alias()
> endif
>endproc
>procedure click
>* Check editmode and Messagebox here for confirmation
>..
> if lConfirmedDeletion
>  delete in (this.cAlias2OperateOn) next 1
>  tableupdate(0,.f.,cAlias2OperateOn)
>* Or SQL delete
>* Move rec pointer to a nondeleted if set del on
>...
> endif
>endproc
>enddefine

I currently don't have a ready class for that so only the outline here.
>P.S Would you believe if I say nights.
>Cetin
Cetin -
Thanks, I'll try working on this.
P.S. Er, you must have some short nights in Turkey;) Seriously, what is the time difference? It's 1:15 p.m. here.