>>Thanks for responding.
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>>>So what line does it stop on? Or does it actually get to x = 1? What happens next?
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>>It runs the init method then exists the form, that is it gets to x = 1 and then exits the form.
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>I noticed you have:
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>m.glValid = .F.

Sane thing happens if I take out. it is a gloabl vairable. I set it to .T. if user eneters a correct id and passoword in a lost focus method.
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>You don't return this from Init(), do you. Init returning false causes form abortion.
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>>>Why not just set a breakpoint at the 1st line of Init() and watch what happens in debug (or are you still on VFP3)?
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>>I used the debugger to find out what was happening, I set a break point in the program which invokes it. I am using VFP 9.
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>Fair enough
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>>>UIt's likely that till Init() is done, the form doesn't "know" its objects, such as Thisform.lblErrorMsg.
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>>So what do I do now?
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>Not applicable in this case, if it gets to x = 1.
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>Apart from the above, I'm stumped too.