>Garrett, Dragan
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>Thanks to both for responding. First I changed the name of my business logic error procedure to "procedure reedError" from "procedure readError". I also tried Dragan's recommendation and put it in gotFocus. vfp blows before any event fires. I will look at Naomi's code although I was hoping for a solution a bit more succinct
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>Let me know if you think of something else

If you're going to use this class make sure to correct typos <g> I spotted it again when I reviewed the code.

Or if you want I would just send the class to you making it based on the textbox.