Is there a way I can change an attribute on an element contained in the subform from the parent form? (I want to make a specific  element on the subform visible or not visible) I have played with a number of commands like Attribute()with no success.

I have a transactions tableview subform that contains the history of charges and payments on a specific property. If the bal due is not 0 when a pay off demand command button is selected  I am using GotoTabPage() command to display the tableview subform in the middle of my form and directing the user with a popup  to “select” transactions to include on payoff demand. They do this by clicking in a small box (element) that is at the beginning of the row. (all other elements on subform are read only) This works well for this one task, however many other tasks use the same tableview subform on that tab and it is a distraction to have this extra element visible at any time other then pay off demand generation.

Ideally I would like to make my element transactionShowPOD visible at the time the command button is pressed prior to the GotoTabPage().

I hope this is somewhat clear.

Thanks
           

Once again Ray you save the day. I missed  FormRunProgram() completely

I created an element named visibilitycontrol and made it non visible and put this code in on entry program

#include "sbasic_include.sbas"

     Attribute(TransactionShowPOD, ATTR_ID_VISIBILITY,1)
     ForceRedraw()


Then I added this line to my Generate POD button


FormRunProgram("payments", "visibilitycontrol", PROGRAM_EVENT_LE_enter)

It works great!

Thanks and thanks again and again!

Thanks for the thought! I handled that at the end of the POD procedure.

Do you think I need the ForceRedraw() ? I tried it both ways and did not see a difference, however I almost always include it when I am changing anything to do with visibility.

Thanks

Thanks for the great advice. It is greatly appreciated!