>>>>You can also do something like, in Lostfocus:
>>>>
>>>>if empty(field)
>>>> =messagebox('Must input value',etc)
>>>> nodefault
>>>> object.setfocus (back to field)
>>>>endif
>>>
>>>Hmm...I tried this and it worked. I tried the exact same code before without the 'nodefault' and it didn't work. Well, hey, I still say there should be some sort of 'required' attribute for controls, but this seems to work so I guess this is what I'll use. Thanks Bruce, Michael, and everyone else for their assistance!
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>Ok, it does work when I include the nodefault. But, if you have nodefault you can exclude the other setfocus. So, the code looks like this:
>
>if empty(this.value)
> =messagebox('Required field')
> nodefault
>endif
>
That's a good point...I include it by habit since I may want to go somewhere else...