>But I'm returning true from the valid event, not .f. or 0. I will move to the lostfocus but I'm curious as to why my click method is not running when I'm returning .t. from my valid event.
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>Now that really is bizarre and not something that I would expect to happen.
>What happens if you step throguht the code in the button's click() method?

The code in the button's click event never fires. There is something about the interaction with the messagebox that is killing the event. Once I comment the messagebox out (does the same thing with a wait window) then it fires the button event fine. I'm thinking of using a timer that I would enable in my valid/lostfocus event that would show the messagebox.