BOb,

>I have a cTextBox instance in a cToolBar subclass. Not control source is on the txtBox... why can't I enter text in the text box? I can seem to figure it out.>

Does a VFP base textbox class work in your toolbar? If so, you can track it down by overriding the code in each method that contains code in CTextBox...I'd pay close attention to the When event.

Regards,