Joe Yoder wrote on 2013-07-01:
> Thanks Tracy and Alan but _screen.activeform is apparently not valid in
my
> case and I have not been able to figure out how Alan's examples fit into
my
> situation.
>
> At this point my project is very simple with only one form. The app
> converts an incoming file and builds a cursor of records not already in
the
> master file. The form is then opened and data validation code is run on
> the cursor with statistics on the batch reported on the form. When the
> form closes, so does the application.
>
> Everything will work okay if I put the data validation code into the form
> init event. At this point the statistics values are stored in properties
> of the form and updating them is very straightforward. I would, however,
> prefer to have the validation code in a separate file. The issue is
> getting the data from the .prg back to the calling form. I suspect that
> passing the form name to the function will be make it possible to access
> the form properties but I have not been able to figure out how to do so.
>
> Since I can't afford the time to learn this properly I will probably just
> proceed with the code directly in the init event.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Joe
>
Joe,
In the Forms Init
FunctionName(THISFORM)
You would then start your PRG (or Function in the prg) with
LPARAMETERS FormObject
>From there, you would set the property with code similar to:
FormObject.Property = "Value to be set"
Tracy Pearson
PowerChurch Software
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