Sorry, I am back with what I assume will be a rather simple answer but after 3 hours of searching and reading the discussion and testing various ideas I can not seem to make this work

Form A has control on it for the CUST_ID of the customer in the customer file

Form A also has a data bound control that specifies a symbolic that takes the number in the CUST_ID control and xlates name, address and other info from the customer file for display on form A

If you enter a customer ID, the symbolic works correctly . I also have the options key defined for a lookup which returns the selected ID to the CUST_ID control, focus stays on the CUST_ID control and when you tab off the control the symbolic control refreshes correctly.

I also put a button on the form A to call the customer form and automatcially display the customer record so it can be changed. However, after exiting the the CUSTOMER form, I cannot get the symbolic to update.

I have tried all sorts of send events post events, tried the calculate, setting the Modify property for both the CUST_ID control and symbolic control on form A. There is no way I get the symbolic to update.

1. So is there a way to get the symbolic to update correctly?

Also the symbolic control is of a certain size but occasionaly the info returned in the smbolic has more lines than the display box. When this happens the vertical scroll controls appear but there is no way to access them. Apparently ther is not such thing as landing on a symbolic field and accessing the controls.

2.Is that correct or is there a work around? the control is not set to read only either

thanks

I some how got the symbolic to refresh correctly using the CALCULATE property in a POST_EVENT on the WRITE from the Customer file.

However question 2 about accessing the controls is still a mystery

any help there would be appreciated

thanks

ed

Ed,

Q2:

This problem's fixed in OI32.

A possible workaround:

- You now have an edit box BBB bound to a symbolic field. Use a non-bound read-only edit box UUU instead of BBB

- Keep the content of UUU updated with a CHANGED handler in BBB. The programming must do the same kind of stuff the formula for your symbolic does, and put the result in the TEXT or TEXTVAL property of UUU.

- Oystein -

I was hoping it was just soemthing I was doing wrong, but I will give your suggestion a shot.

Thanks

ed

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