YEP that was it.

I checked MSDN on this point and from that explaination, I suppose that the .SETFOCUS can not be used from VALID because of RETURN 0. That being the case it would have been nice if VALID - RETURN 0 were in the SEE ALSO for .SETFOCUS.

Anyway, I'm ranting. Thanx for the help my fellow Canadian!

>>After a simple test fails on a form, I want the focus to stay on the field/control it is currently on. So I thought I would use:
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>>thisform.xxxxx.setfocus
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>>which seems to work fine in some instances and not in others. Specifically, if that code is used in the LOSTFOCUS event it is ignored.
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>>The control is visible and active.
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>>Originally I had the code in the VALID event but VFP informs me that .SETFOCUS can not be used in VALID.
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>>I can only get .SETFOCUS to function as I expect from buttons.
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>>Ideas???
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>Ian, you can still have your validation code in Valid and not use Setfocus at all. If your test fails just RETURN 0 from Valid().
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>Nick