[Discussion] Help with DBExpert

[David Azarewicz]

I'm not sure why you can't.  I checked several of my forms and I never put 
anything other than a database field name in the control's source field.  
Maybe it is because the form needs to be able to read from and write to 
whatever is in the control's source field, and you can't write to an expression.

I also know that DBExpert creates a form in a specific sequence and you 
need to "jump in" at the correct times if you want to change what it does, as 
in initializing a field.

David

On Sun, 24 May 2009 15:17:31 -0400 (EDT), Gordon Snider wrote:

>David,
>
>That worked, thank you very much.  
>
>But I'm still puzzled about why I 
>can't use the Control's Source field, or what is the correct way to use 
>the Control's Source field.
>
>Gordon Snider
>
>
>On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:04:42 -0700 (PDT), David Azarewicz wrote:
>
>>I have written and continue to use several extremely complex DBExpert 
>>applications.
>>
>>To do what you are trying to do, I put something like 
>>
>>=dbeSetValue('TheNameOfYourTextField', dbeDate(''))
>>
>>into the 'After Open' field of the form attribute, not the field attribute.
>>
>>If you need more help, just ask.
>>
>>Daivd
>>
>>On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:59:39 -0400 (EDT), Gordon Snider wrote:
>>
>>>Are there any DBExpert users out there?
>>>
>>>I am trying to set up a Calculated control as described on page 10 - 7 
>>>of the User's Guide.   This is on a Blank Form.
>>>
>>>I want the control to show the current date.
>>>
>>>Creating a Text field and putting  
>>>
>>>= dbeDate('')
>>>
>>>in the Source attribute field leaves the control blank when I open the 
form.
>>>In fact nothing I have put in the Source field puts anything in the control.
>>>What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>>Gord Snider
>>>
>>>
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