>There used to be an MS KB article using INLIST to trap the BaseClass type and if it was TextBox, ComboBox, etc. then do a REPLACE ControlSource WITH Value but I always thought that was awkward.
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How about in your forms save method doing something like...

if pemstatus(thisForm.ActiveControl, 'SetFocus', 5)
this.ActiveControl.SetFocus()
endif

BOb