Jim,
RETURN .F. from the valid event to keep focus on the control. Be careful - it can be difficult getting out if the user can't enter a valid value.

Mark

>I am having a problem with the lostfocus and valid events. I have a field that the user needs to enter, i have the logic for this. In my logic i tell the user he must enter the information. The problem is when the logic is in the valid event the same message comes up twice. If I put the code in the lostfocus event the message comes up once, but the focus is not reset to the box that needs the information.
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>Any ideas?
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>Jim