(If this is a duplicate reply, please excuse... I didn't see my reply show up)

You were correct. There was a K in the Format property. I had copied the textbox class from another form and overlooked the K there.

A thousand lashes for me today!

Thanks!!


>SelectOnEntry or Format = "K".
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>>Problem today..........
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>>I have a textbox where I input text.... the text is used to filter a grid in realtime on the form....
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>>but... the user can TAB out of the textbox and tab to other controls, and THEN tab back into the textbox.
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>>The Text is now HIGHLIGHTED and SELECTED. When the user types into the textbox, the text disappears and is replaced with NEW text.
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>>I wanted the new text to append to the end of what text was already in the textbox.
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>>Is there a property to set this?
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>>Thanks!