Hi Tommy,

try calling your other form in the LostFocus() rather than the valid(). SO use the Valid to test if the entry is valid, maybe set a property of the object to indicate you want your form displayed, then in the lostfocus() check this property an ddisplay the form if desired.

>Hey Gang!
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>Here is my problem for today!
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>I have a Form that has a field in it. The Field has a VALID event in it. Ok.
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>Now, in the code that does the validation, we have added a new Form to popup if certain conditions arise. In this form are some things you can chose and an OK button.
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>When the user selects the OK button, the second form goes through some more code and is finally destroyed , THEN the code in the original form does a SETFOCUS to another field on the form.
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>OH NO!!! Doesn't like that!!!
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>I get a
>"Cannot call SETFOCUS from withing a WHEN, VALID, RANGEHIGH or RANGELOW event" Error Message.
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>Any workaround for this, other than DON'T DO THE SETFOCUS??
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>Thanks!!
>Tommy