"Larry Serflaten"  wrote in message
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> "john"  wrote
> 
> > In other words, instead of doing this:
> >     .
> >     CallMyFunction (Text1)    'if this was the actual name of the control
> 
> 
> That is where you have access to both the correct textbox, and the
> function, right there where you call it.  Why not have your function
> return a string?
> 
>   Text1.Text = MyInkFunction()
> 
> LFS
> 
> 
> 
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LFS,

Maybe I didn't explain myself quite right, but what I was trying to
avoid was the "hardcoding" of the TEXT1 (i.e. the name of the textbox)
for each textbox in my forms.  So the solution Rick provided is what I
wanted.  Now all I have to do on the GotFocus event is set the global
variable which contain the name of the control, and I can then use my
common routine to do all the little things that I was doing
individually to each control.  Then to "finalize" the logic, instead
of having to do the text1.text = myInkFunction() for each textbox, i
just do   WhichTextBox = myInkFunction() once on the SEND button,
rather than having to determine which one I send to.

thanks for the help,

John
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