Should be just:

IF !THISFORM.buttonset1.editmode
  THISFORM.text8.ENABLED = .T.
ELSE
  THISFORM.text8.ENABLED = .F.
ENDIF

>>Sorry, took so long getting back to you, I took a 4-day weekend.
>
>No problem at all. I hope you enjoyed your weekend! :)
>
>>did you go into the refresh method of the textbox or the form and put in the code for setting the enabled equal to .T. for that textbox?
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>I've tried that, and it had no effect. Maybe I'm entering that piece of code incorrectly? What, exactly, would the syntax be for the Refresh method code?