Hi,

I trap an error 383 for all of my comboboxes when I try to pick an item in
the combobox (cboFluid = strFluidName) that does not exists.  Is there a way
to find out which combobox fired that error?  The reason I need to know this
is in my new app I have changed some of the data in a combobox which makes
old files for this app not compatible.  I was thinking that maybe the better
way is to filter the file coming before loading the data and modifying it.
Any ideas?

Thanks

Maybe it's just me, but little of that made sense.

Error number 383 is "Set not supported (read-only property)".  If
encountered during runtime for a combobox, the description is "Text property
is read-only", but the error number is the same.  Apparently, your combobox
has a Style property set to 2 - Dropdown List.

If it were me, I'd make sure any changes are compatible with these older
versions of files. You didn't explain a lot (anything really) about these
"old files", but do you really want all users to have this "problem" when
they upgrade to a new version of your app? Apparently, you do realize this
and that's why you want to "filter the file".

But no, I know of no way to determine which combobox *raises* the error
(errors are raised, events are fired).  You should be able to determine it
from your code though....even at runtime via the Name property.

I suggest you post your code so we can see exactly what you're doing.

I would suggest that you're approaching this the wrong way.

If you are using a "DropDown" list, you /cannot/ assign to the
Text property - it's readonly - so you shouldn't even be trying to!

Write a routine that will loop through (or use API calls) to find
the value you've supplied and select it by setting the ListItem
property.

Again, a good reason for writing a "wrapper" routine - if you have
"mappings" between old and new values, this routine can apply
them, eliminating the incompatiblity.

HTH,
    Phill  W.

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