>I have a form (more than one, I'm sure) where a textbox is used to enter a value, the system looks up the value in a table, and populates a grid with some information from the record that is located. If data was entered, I return false so that the user can continue to enter values. If no data was entered, I return true so that the user can exit the control. This is done via the Valid method. It works like a champ. Now I am developing another form where I am using that same technique and, although it works, I get a beep and an "Invalid input" wait window when I return false. Actually, I believe this latter behavior is the std. behavior. The odd thing is that I don't know why I'm not getting it on the first form. I'd like to get rid of that behavior and have it work like the first form. I don't have anything in my base class that would affect this. Does anyone know why I might be getting the different behaviors?
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>Russell Campbell

Russel

Try returning a number - 0 to stay, 1 to go to the 1st control after, 2 for the 2nd, etc.

I've come across this before but so long ago, and I can't think of it now, but not really documented in help easy to find.