Hi David ---

>I do not understand VFP5 use of TabIndex and ActiveControl. Can I get a sample of an event giving control to a specific textbox. VFP help is not helping. TIA

Let's say that you wanted to activate a textbox (txtName) when a Form is Inited. In the Init of the Form you could have the following code:

THIS.txtName.SetFocus()

The SetFocus method sets focus to a given control. ActiveControl is a placeholder giving an object reference to the currently selected control. So...in the above example....

THISFORM.ActiveControl.Name = "txtName"

OK?