>Marc,
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>I'd try putting it in my cForm.ActiveControl_Assign. That would encapsulate it to each form. We still can't attach to _screen unless you are using a top-level form.

Ah. Yes. Makes sense.
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>I don't like that thought of putting the same code in to all baseclasses either because it makes the classes more tightly coupled. You could use a Hook pattern in GotFocus() to minimize the required method code impact and reduce duplicated code.

You're saying that hooking to a common class is less tight? Hmm. That could be an interesting debate :). Pity that the controls do not have a common ancestor though.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Marc