The textbox should not call the button click. Move the code from the button click into a method on the form and have both the textbox and button call that. I don't know if it will solve the problem, but it's better OOP-wise and may fix things.

>There appears to be a difference in physically clicking a button with the mouse, and doing it programmatically, as in thisform.thatbutton.click. Can anyone please explain this to me?
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>I have a textbox that a search string is typed into. To make it more convenient for the user, so they don't have to actually use the mouse, I have the following in the KeyPress method:
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>IF nKeyCode=13 &&the 'enter' key
>	thisform._searchcmd.Click
>ENDIF
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>The code in thisform._searchcmd.click is accessed, and run, but the cursor holding the SQL Select(ed) data is empty. Physically click the _searchcmd button, and the data is there...
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>Thanks.