Naomi,

I'll give that a shot, thanks.

... and can you forgive me for having called you "Nancy"?

Thanks and kind regards,

Marc

>>>>Is there a more convenient way to reliably skip a column in a grid than having the text1.when() event return .f.?
>>>>Is it just me or is the setfocus() method not reliable in a grid?
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>>>AFAIK it is reliable, and When returning .f. is a good way to skip a column. What exactly the problem with your grid?
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>>My problem with when is that I cannot inherit the method. I'd like to handle the "skipping" (i.e. just that Nancy, skipping), by just setting a property in the child grid, say column.readonly and then having the parent grid handle the skipping.
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>>Edward, it is probably me, but this.column[IWannaGoTo].text1.setfocus in this.column[IWannaJumpFrom].lostfocus gives erratic results, and face it even worse on the object orientation scale.
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>>Thanks already.
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>You probably want to use ActivateCell method instead. Check this sample http://tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1362055