Larry: You are correct, using the same component ID for more that one column/variable and the manipulating them all as one was a solution suggested by R:azzak when I posted a somewhat related question. At the time, I had asked if I could use wildcards to select more that one component and thus be able to manipulate several components at once and still be able to do each one individually, i.e. vci_number1, vci_nmber2, vci_number3 could be addresses as vci_number%. Another option would be to have an extra "class/family" component, which would allow bunching columns/variables in groups... Javier,
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 Olathe, Kansas 66062-4578 Office (913)829-0888 Fax (913)649-2904 Cell (913)915-3137 ================================================ Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all system and destroy all copies. ====================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:35 AM To: RBG7-L Mailing List Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Form Questions... > "Unique" name assignment is up to the programmer at design time. You're right, and that's different than other languages. One advantage (also a tricky issue if you misuse it) is that you don't need to assign unique IDs -- you can reuse them. Therefore, you could assign the name LEVEL1ONLY and LEVEL2ONLY to (say) six and four components respectively on a form and then easily "change" the form at runtime to reflect the access level of the user. Of course, you lose the ability to address each component individually. I believe that some people are using this feature now, so that changing to a unique ID system would probably break some people's code. -- Larry
