>>I open a form and click on a command button and this loads another form from which I make a selection
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>>Then focus passes to a text box and the cursor is flashing in this text box
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>>Bur unless I click into the text box I cant enter any data even though the cursor is flashing
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>>Any ideas?
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>Do you mean the textbox is on the Search form? How exactly do you call it?

On the main form is command1 which calls another form and when this is closed it passes control to text1 on the
same form as the command button by thisform.text1.setfocus

The cursor passes to the text box OK but I can enter any data until i have clicked into the text box