You can use RETURN < object > in the VALID

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    RETURN this.parent.txtSTAYnChildren

>On one form I force the user to follow a particular sequence of input boxes by using SETFOCUS in the LOSTFOCUS method. Typical code would look like this:
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>    this.parent.txtSTAYnChildren.setfocus()
>    nodefault
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>I have become aware that the VALID method fires again when I do this. (VFP 9)
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>Normally this would be invisible since the VALID method has just succeeded. In one case, however, I ask the user to verify a condition in the VALID. So now the user gets asked twice to verify the condition.
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>Can anyone confirm this? Is it SOP? Is there any way around it?
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>BTW, I have tested placing the NODEFAULT line first and this makes no difference.
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>Peter