>>>Valid in 2.6 didn't fire if user pressed ESCape, now we have to mess around with LastKey() to check for it.
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>>That's funny ... I always had to check LASTKEY() for Escape in 2.6. Is it possible you're thinking of an earlier version?
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>FPD2.6a, just jumped out to try. I wrote a routine with a simple one get with a valid which displays a message and returns .f. and doesn't care about LastKey(). Ran it, and pressed ESC right on, and the valid never fired, and Read terminated.

OK, it must me that was carrying forward behavior which was necessary in previous versions, but not necessary in 2.6.

Thanks!