What else do you have in the refresh method?
>I put that in there - no good. The search box is still read-only.
>
>>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?
>>>
>>>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?