I generally don't like to SET NOTIFY OFF because it also supresses system message I want to see. Instead of returning .F. from a failed valid routine, I return 0.

>Is there any way to suppress or modify the system message that is displayed upon a field or record validation failure?
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>I need to change the caption and add additional functionality and would like to use my own messagebox.
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>Doug Gray
>Optimized Data Solutions