Rodd,

I'm not sure what the problem is. Anyway, try to move focus of the treeview, to the cancel button, for example.

if keyascii = 27
  thisform.cmdCancel.Setfocus() 
  thisform._DoCmd('ESC')
endif

>
>Our forms all have a common routine called _DoCmd. When Esc is pressed, the cancel button is clicked or when the QueryUnload event fires, they all call _DoCmd with 'ESC'.
>
>_DoCmd has the following code:
>

>LPARAMETERS cCommand
>
>...
>
>case cCommand == 'ESC'
>    if p_confirm([Are you sure you want to abandon changes?])
>        thisform.release
>    endif
>...
>

>
>I can't explain how your solution works. Somehow, _DoCmd gets called with "ESC". Does Release call QueryUnload? If so, how does the above code run without becoming an endless loop when called from QueryUnload?
>
>I had tried the following from the treeview control:

>*Treeview Keypress
>LPARAMETERS keyascii
>
>if keyascii = 27
>   thisform._DoCmd('ESC')
>endif
>

>
>The problem was, the confirm box popped up twice when I ran my code that way while your code worked. Can you help me understand what is happening here?
>