>The safest bet would be not to spread the code so many places, but a custom property in the form might do the trick
>

In text2.When
>IF !Thisform.text1ValidOK
>  IF !text1.valid()
>    text1.SetFocus() && or return .f.
>  ENDIF
>ENDIF
>

Sorry, but that makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. :-) All these events were designed to be fired at certain times, and calling them from each other could make it impossible to debug or maintain later...