>>Can anyone tell me whether it's possible to 'hide' a control on a form so that it is not counted in a control count? This issue has arisen because a query I'm working with tries to use all of the controls on the form in its count and display, and I have several at the top which are for read only purposes (and from another table besides).
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>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Sylvia
>
>You can always count this number of controls. Following is simplified example (it should be extended for container controls):
>

>local nNotReadonlyCount
>nNotReadonlyCount=0
>for n=1 to thisform.controlcount
>	if type("thisform.controls(n).readonly")="L"
>		if thisform.controls(n).readonly=.f.
>			nNotReadonlyCount=nNotReadonlyCount+1
>		endif
>	endif
>endfor
>=messagebox("Total Controls Counted: "+str(nNotReadonlyCount))
>

Edward

Thanks for the tip. I'll try this.

Sylvia