Re: writing in textbox from Menu to Form.

Eric Pronovost <epronovo_at_mail.odyssee.net> wrote in article <01bbb180$651dc280$c007bace_at_epronovo>...
> I have a form with a menu attached to it. In my form, there's a textbox
> used to store the beginning Date. I need to write in this textbox when I
> click a menu item.
>
> I get a bind variable.
>
> I mean, in my menu item pl/sql code, I would like to do the following:
> :block.my_time := sysdate
> However, it can't find my textbox.
>
> Please, help!
> Thanks!

In order to set a TextItem in a form from a script in your menu you need to use the Copy() command. To read from a TextItem use Name_In().

Let me know if you want some code examples, Shawn Received on Fri Oct 04 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST