>Hi All:
>
>Consider please the followng code:
>
>

>CLEAR
>
>lctest = ' ' 
>
>@ 2,2 get lctest valid tt(lctest)
>READ
>
>RETURN
>
>
>FUNCTION tt(bb)
>
>IF bb = 'v'
>	RETURN .t.
>ELSE
>	RETURN .f.
>ENDIF
>

>
>if the user presses 'x' 10 times, a wait-type window appears saying 'Invalid Input' and there is a delay until VFP processes the buffer to respond to a valid input (v).
>
>How can I:
>1. Suppress the 'Invalid Input' message
>2. Get rid of the delay
>
>Thanks,
>
>Yossi
>
>PS This is for a Clipper conversion project, so it is impractical to just replace all the @ commands with a VFP form.


From my CLIPPER days:

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@ 2,2 get lctest PICTURE "X" valid tt(lctest)
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