And remember to set Form.KeyPreview = .T.

>You can trap the ESC key in the form's keypress event:
>

>if nKeyCode = 27
>    nodefault
>    thisform.release
>endif
>

>>I have a nice application that requires the user to use the close form button to close down any open form. I tie the escape key to the cancel button. Now they want to have the Escape key leave the form if the cancel key is deactivated.
>>
>>I'm trying to use ON ESCAPE but it does not seem to fire if the user is on a pageframe. Any ideas how to do this?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>John Brooks