>> I through together an Auto Close Form control ... here is a direct like to the download for you now.
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>>http://www.glrsoftware.com/download.asp#AutoCloseForm.zip
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>Very nicely done!
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>If I understand your code, your technique to detect keyboard activity is to monitor the position of the caret (cursor in text controls) - is this correct?
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>Malcolm

Yes and the mouse position, plus the current control that has focus. The reason for the currrent control is that a command button does appear as a change in position. I am sure there better means to determine these, I hust through it together with what I had handy.