>Sorry about that, but the solution will still work.
>
>>>The enter keystroke is being sent to your second textbox. Add a nodefault inside your condition to prevent this from happening.
>>>
>>>ie:
>>>

>>>IF MCard_Nbr <> Card_Nbr .OR. DELETE()
>>>     nodefault
>>>     do quickmsg with "CUSTOMER'S CARD NO. NOT ON FILE"
>>>     thisform.mytextbox1.setfocus()
>>>     thisform.refresh
>>>ENDIF
>>
>>I have one textbox and a quit(cmdbutton). The user enters his data and if it's not on file, I want the setfocus to go back to the textbox. Pure & simple. I think

I guess my concept is flawed. I want the process to continue if the info entered into the textbox is correct, otherwise I want the focus to go back to the textbox. Which event should I put my code into? Thanks.

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