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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:03:05 -0500
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- From: DON SMITH <DSMITH@INDYVAX.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Recognize Current Field Name
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- > I have to write an application where the user would be able to
- > see a bunch of records which matches the contents of any given field.
- > I should be able to recognize the field name that the user is currently
- > editing so that I can read its contents and do a comparison. Any ideas
- > as to how may I be able to achieve it ?
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- dBASE IV (at least) provides the VARREAD() function for this very purpose.
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- Don Smith
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