>Hi John.
>
>You'll want to be careful with that solution because a backspace will not always undo the effect of a space. For example, if a command button or checkbox see the space then backspace wont unclick them.
>
>What I have done in the past was use the following which seems reasonably safe.
>Keyboard " " Plain Clear
>Inkey(0)

Ian, I tried your code but when I arrow to the end of the text the cursor disappears. In my case, because of the way the screen is designed, I should not have any problems that you mentioned but thanks very much for the input. At least I'll know where to look if I do have problems.