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Originally Posted by Lokasenna

- To save yourself some time and typing, you could make a function for setting the frame's text.

function set_frm_details()
    GUI.Val("frm_details", items[1][2]
end

function set_initial_state()
    -- If you don't specify any keys, Lua will just start the 
    -- table at 1 for you
    GUI.Val("lst_tasks", {true})
end

set_initial_state()
set_frm_details()
GUI.Init()
GUI.Main()

Works like a charm!! Thanks

Spaghetti code is something everyone does, especially when learning - it can take a lot of practice to stop doing it. If you're interested, I highly recommend these books:

Refactoring - Martin Fowler - Even if you just read the example where he tidies up a video store's software.

Clean Code - Robert C. Martin

Or just Google "refactoring" and "clean code", find some sites that actually show examples rather than telling you "don't do this", watch a video or two, etc.

Will order books, starting with Refactoring.

Just Googled and have already put away some bad smell :-)

Thanks for the recommendation!