>>I need the full name of a text box object from within a procedure library...
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>>_SCREEN.ACTIVEFORM.ACTIVECONTROL.NAME only returns 'txtPrompt'
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>>What I need is 'form1.PgFrame.Page1.cnt01.txtPrompt'
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>>How can I accomplish this?
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>>TIA
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>>Larry
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>May I ask you, why do you need in full reference? You may use Activecontrol object to call any its PEMs.

I'm trying to call a UDF from the VALID method. The UDF may do more than validate the input... such as left zero filling the textbox. This is why I need to reference the textbox.

Also, while in the textbox, the user may press F5 to display a 'Prompt' screen listing valid entries. In this case, I *don't* want the VALID to fire...

Your approach works fine, until I display the Prompt screen. Subsequent calls to VALID return an error ... "activecontrol is not an object"

But I'm closer <s>

Thanks