Assuming that you are all right, it seems like bad style to create a global
var for every item in my edit form. I can't make it a local var because it
will get reset with each new event that is called. OR... maybee I have that
methodology wrong too?
>
> >Why does it make a difference if I gather the data before SAVE is tapped
or
> >when the item is edited?
>
> Because the APIs are designed to work that way.
>
> In general you should be responding to events as they happen. In a
> simple form it might not matter, but in a more complicated form where
> some settings/values are legal only if certain other controls are set
> a certain way, you'll go bananas trying to query each UI element's
> text. Use the events you're getting, and you'll be happier.
>
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