Why not put this in the mytextbox1.VALID instead?

store allt(this.value) to mcard_nbr
SEEK MCARD_NBR
IF MCARD_NBR<>Card_Nbr .OR. DELETE()
DO quickmsg WITH "CUSTOMER'S CARD NO. NOT ON FILE"
RETURN 0
ENDIF


>For some reason the focus does not get set in the following:
>store allt(thisform.mytextbox1.value) to mcard_nbr
> SEEK MCARD_NBR
> IF MCard_Nbr <> Card_Nbr .OR. DELETE()
> do quickmsg with "CUSTOMER'S CARD NO. NOT ON FILE"
> thisform.mytextbox1.setfocus()
> thisform.refresh
>
>Is there a fault here?
>thanks