>>>I used to use _curobj to get the identity of the current object. Now I'd like to use Activecontrol, but I don't know how. If I have a form-level onkey event that needs to know if and which field the user is in when they press that key, is ActiveControl what I should do? And what's the syntax?
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>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>JR
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>>You better use Form.Keypress event (Form.Keypreview=.t.), e.g. try there
>>=messagebox(thisform.activecontrol.name)
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>Exactly what I needed and none of what I didn't!!!
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>You're a good man, Edward Pikman,
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>JR

Thank You.
Did you assume that I will start lecturing about OO model and class polymorhpisms :)?