Hi Greg,

maybe it is something in th eframework I am using (VMP). Anyhow, the rangelow and rangehigh events were what I was looking for.

thanks for your help.

>Strange. I just ran a test, and the Valid event fires when the Value properties has changed, focus of the field is lost. If you need it to fire even if the Value does not change, then use the Lostfocus event instead.
>
>>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,