Thanks for the response. I have used lostfocus, I tried that first, same behavior. There is no code in Interactive
or ProgrammaticChange. I have tried to trap the process and I can not see any code the takes the focus away.
I do notice that when the next column appears to get focus, It is only highlighted, no blinking cursor. I set
SelectOnEntry to true, no change. Its confusing. UPDATE: The textbox is highlighted but not selected. I reset
SelectOnEntry to false and the textbox is highlighted but no cursor blinking. I use highlighting to show the user
the record they are on. I will set if the column setfocus is not working.

>>I have a grid on a pageframe with validating code in the valid event of the column textbox. The textbox has a
>>maxLength of 6. When entering data the cursor moves to the next column without firing the valid event. if I
>>click on the textbox and tab or enter the valid event fires correctly. I have search this forum for answers and
>>found none relating. I have tried forcing the focus using textbox::gotfocus in the textbox gotfocus event without
>>success. When the add button is clicked, I set the clm focus at the end of the click code...no difference.
>>The cursor is blinking in the textbox when data entry begins, appearing to have focus, but the valid event does
>>not fire when the cursor leaves unless I manually click on the textbox berfore hitting tab or enter.
>>Can anyone tell me what's going on? Thanks, Chuck
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>If you do entry then focus is obviously on textbox. Maybe you have code in some other events, e.g. Interactive or ProgrammaticChange that moves focus out? I would suggest you to check when Textbox.LostFocus event gets triggered during the entry process. Btw, placing valiadation code there, i.e. using LostFocus instead of Valid would be quite consistent too.