>>Dan ---
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>>Move your validation rules into a separate business object (just a Custom object with custom properties, nothing fancy). Call the appropriate method on Valid *and*, as Ed suggests, in your Save code. Make sure that you use a SetFocus to move the cursor back to the offending control also for consistency.
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>I like this idea.
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>Should I have a business object for each control? Maybe have a flag, used when the form is originally instantiated, that determines if a business object should be created for each control? How will this affect the performance of the app?

It will not hurt the app performance more than if you add an extra label control to your form.
Actually it does not matter much where your validation rules will be located, in the object or in the custom form methods. It is just a question of design. Anyway, you have to use the LostFocus() method instead of Valid() to call the other validation methods. VFP will still complain that it "Cannot call SetFocus from within a When, Valid, RangeHigh or RangeLow event" when you will try to SetFocus() in your extra validation method.

Nick