>if i execute this line of code:
>
>FldGetTextPtr(FrmGetObjectPtr(frm, FrmGetObjectIndex(frm, objectID)));
>
>i get the text of a field in my form. i then convert it to an integer
>using StrAToI(). now if i do this on an empty field, the resulting Long
>turns out to be 0 (zero). i want to try to catch an empty field for an
>error. what does an empty field return? i have tried 0 (zero), NULL,
>and "" (empty string), but it seems to be none of these. anyone know
>what i should test for?
Try FldGetTextLength() and check for a result of 0. FldGetTextPtr()
returns different results depending upon whether the field is just
currently empty or has always been empty (never assigned text).
JB
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