Hello Naomi,

SET NOTIFY OFF didn't solve it, but I found my mistake because I was executing a =dodefault(nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl) at the begining of the KeyPressed event.

Thanks,

Juan C.

>>Hello
>>
>>I am implementing incremental search in a Grid's textbox, the textbox is read only and the textbox's keypressed event handles the search.
>>When I trap the keys strokes, I issue a NODEFAULT and RETURN commands, but still keep receiving the message "The control is read-only" in the status bar or "wait window"
>>
>>How can avoid this message?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Juan
>
>Can you make your cursor non read-only, but set grid to be read-only?
>
>Otherwise try with SET NOTIFY OFF.