>Hi everybody,
>
>I have a complex form with a few ActiveX controls. On the right side of the form I have a container with many controls (some of them quite complex).
>
>In the Init of the container I have this code
>

>for each loControl in this.controls foxobject
>	if pemstatus(m.loControl,'InteractiveChange',5)
>		if m.loControl.class <> 'Vfpdatepicker'
>			bindevent(m.loControl,"InteractiveChange",thisform,"InfoChanged",1)
>		 *   bindevent(m.loControl,"Valid",thisform,"InfoChanged")
>		else
>			bindevent(m.loControl,"DateChanged",thisform,"InfoChanged",1)
>		endif
>	endif

>
>And in the Valid event of the textbox (that represents time control) I have this code
>

>local lnColon, lnReturn
>lnReturn = 1
>SET STEP ON 
>*** Pad leading zeros onto the hours and minutes.  I.e. "8 :00" or " 8: 0" becomes "08:00"
>lnColon = atc(":", this.value, 1)
>this.value = padl(alltrim(left(this.value,lnColon-1)), 2, '0') + ':' + padl(alltrim(substr(this.value,lnColon+1)), 2, '0')
>if val(left(this.value, 2)) >= 24 or val(substr(this.value, 4, 2)) >= 60
>    WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT 'Invalid entry!'
>	lnReturn = 0
>endif
>
>if m.lnReturn = 1
>	try
>		if val(strtran(this.value,':','.')) < val(strtran(this.parent.start_time.value, ':','.'))
>			=messagebox('End Time must be greater than Start Time',48,'Invalid Time range')
>			lnReturn = 0
>		endif
>	catch
>*
>	endtry
>endif
>
>return m.lnReturn
>

>
>However, when I leave the control, the SET STEP ON is not firing and I never got my messagebox. I have the same behavior with the prior control (which is much much more complex - it's a date picker control). I can not make validation for these controls to test start vs. end dates.
>
>I'm guessing a possibility can be to put a transparent shape behind controls and put validation code in the shape LostFocus event. But is there a way to do this with my current implementation?
>
>Can you tell me what may be wrong in my code?
>
>Thanks in advance.

Is there anything in the interactivechage() or when() event of the textbox or anything in the lostfocus() of the container?