Peter Cushing wrote on 2017-01-06:

> On 06/01/2017 14:19, Dave Crozier wrote:

> In the init of the form the oData property is assigned i.e.

>

> Select <table>

> Scatter name Thisform.oData memo

>

> What I ultimately want to do is the following:

> Thisform.txtText1.ControlSource = "Thisform.oData.Field1"

> ... for each of the form controls etc.

>

> Hi Dave,

>

> What is the structure of the table that you scatter from?

> Just wondering if there are any numeric or other fields in it and you

> are trying to use one as a controlsource.

>

> I do something similar on some forms but in the init I do

>

> SCATTER NAME thisform.oData MEMO BLANK

>

> then the real scatter is done elsewhere for a new record.

>

> Peter

>

Dave,

Do you have any BindEvent() or Try...Catch in your code?

I have a feeling the SCATTER is just a straw that breaks the real problem.

Tracy Pearson

PowerChurch Software

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