>>>>>>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?
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>>>>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
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>>>>The cursor passes to the text box OK but I can enter any data until i have clicked into the text box
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>>>Does the main form have a pageframe? Also, any ActiveX? Finally, are you sure the Search form gets released completely?
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>>Hi Naomi
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>>Main fomr doesn't have a pageframe or any ActiveX - as far as I can see the search form has been released - guess Iwill just have to click in the text box although the cursor is already flashing
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>As experiment, try first setting focus to another control, then back to this textbox.

Now I have another problem - Form a calls form b - form b in turn calls form c - form c flashes and disappears - when I close form b I can see form a and c

What have I done wrong