>>>Right, but it would not prevent switching to a new page and this was the main intent.
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>>>But I'm happy that you already started to help other people with your ideas!
>>lol why woudnt it stop from going to a page
>>the button has the code do form test
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>>and in the refresh on the form ( the form being the form with the button to the next form)
>>u could have the code not too activate the button that calls the next form UNLESS the given criteria is met
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>If you have a pageframe on a form and visible tabs, then nothing can prevent you from clicking on the tab to switch to a different page assuming the other pages are enabled.

ohh tabs...well i did somethin similar but i made the tab invisible unless a check box was checked