Thanks Tracy and Ken, When I went back and checked the other project where I thought I was using .value it turned out to be .ControlSource! Sorry.
Joe On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote: > > - A custom property on a form stores End_Limit, a datetime value. >> - The form includes a text box and is built and run with the >> textbox.value defined as "(thisform.End_Limit)". >> - The form has the correct End_Limit value but the textbox displays F >> - On the next edit of the form, the textbox.value has changed to >> "=thisform.End_Limit" >> >> Why would this be happening and how do I make it stop? >> > > I did this: > > In the Property Sheet I set the Value of the form's End_Limit property to > DATETIME(). > > In the textbox's Init() I added this line: > > THIS.Value = EVALUATE(THISFORM.End_Limit) > > The textbox displayed the current date and time. > > I was not able to get the textbox to display a datetime by setting its > value in the Property sheet either to DATETIME(), to THISFORM.End_Limit, or > to EVALUATE(THISFORM.End_Limit). All of those attempts resulted in a blank > textbox. > > Ken Dibble > www.stic-cil.org > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CABQeDnU0nqz2pDWcBW87Ue=22ef7uh2dshpetnvxh6rufzu...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
