WhaZzZZZzzzzZup fellow progy's

What's up with this ! directive? I see it however I do not seem to be able to master it

Aparently you can directly access fields via the header/field title of the current record using !?
Can this be done with the data control? I tried some combos and I can't find souce because searching by '!' anywhere does no good

This is what I'm trying..
iCust_Num = customerDBF.recordset.fields!CUST_NUM

ps. i'm working with a foxpro db.. hence I have the data control to do most of the opening work for me..

Thanks guys.