Man,

You can move your validation out of the controls and into the field/table level of the database.

>Is there a way to tie the ESC key to the
>cancel button WITHOUT firing the valid()
>of individual controls?
>
>I can think of using the form.keypressed()
>method, or inserting extra codes ( checking
>lastkey()=27 ) into controls.valid() methods,
>but is there any neater solution?