>Thanks again bonnie.
>
>BTW is that also the event I would use to translate an "enter" key in a "tab" key. Not sure I like sendkeys to do that.

That would probably be fine Marc ... I haven't had the time to actually test it today though ...

~~Bonnie


>
>>I think you want to use a different event Marc. Try overriding the ProcessDialogKey() method like so:
>>
>>

>>Protected Overrides Function ProcessDialogKey(ByVal keyData As Keys) As Boolean
>>        If ((keyData = Keys.Enter)  _
>>                    AndAlso (Me.Text = "")) Then
>>            Me.OnValidating(New CancelEventArgs)
>>        End If
>>        Return MyBase.ProcessDialogKey(keyData)
>>    End Function
>>
>>

>>
>>~~Bonnie