Check for the length of the string returned. It should be 0 if no
text was entered. For some reason checking for the empty string never
worked for me.
> 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?