Hi Greg,

the valid isn't kicking in because the spinner does not let the valid fire unless a valid value has been entered (at least that is what appears to be happening).

>The test I did showed a Wait window when the value were outside the range.
>But if it is a more obvious display, type this.
>
>Place this in the Spinner control's Valid event.
>
>

>If not between(this.value, this.SpinnerLowValue, this.SpinnerHighValue)
>  MessageBox("The value you typed in out of range.")
>  return .f.
>endif
>return .t.
>

>
>>Hi Greg,
>>
>>I think you misunderstood what I was asking. I have set both keyboard and spinner low and high values. I want a message to be displayed when the user types a value outside of the range.
>>
>>>Look at SpinnerLowValue and SpinnerHighValue.
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>is there an event that I can use to inform the user that they have entered a value that is beyond the keyboardhigh and keyboardlowvalue of a spinner?
>>>>
>>>>What is happening is these properties get set dynamically based on the selected data. If the user enters a value that is outside of the range, there is no message or indication of what is wrong, the user just cannot move off the control.
>>>>
>>>>This is the first time I'm using spinners in over 10 years of Fox and VFP.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,