>> Yup. It's by design....the Valid is supposed to do just that...validate.
>> Jumping to a different field is not a validation problem.
>and the When is to 'whenidate' I guess.

When Event:

     this.tag = this.value {STR(this.value), DTOC(this.value), etc.}

Valid Event:

    luRetVal = .T.
    IF this.tag != this.value
        {do event here}
    ENDif
    RETURN luRetVal