Jim

Beats me then, the only thing that I can think of is what Sergey already mentioned in his post, to use PLAIN CLEAR in the KEYBOARD command, but even then I do not believe there were changes between 8 and 9, unless you have a new macro in 9 linked to F4

>I see you're doing fine ;-)
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>I've got 4 columns - Last, First, 3 character code extracted from a memo, and a hidden PK which I preload to a default selection in the event there is nothing selected. Without my data, it might be tough to reproduce. All I know is "Works in 8, not in 9". And that's where I'm at tonight.
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>>Jim,
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>>Sorry, I can not still see the problem, I am sure I am missing something, as I tested in both 8 and 9 (and again, with and without the setfocus in gotfocus)