>>Best to check:
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>>

VARTYPE(<i>ObjRef</i>.activecontrol) = 'O' AND ! ISNULL(<i>ObjRef</i>.activecontrol)

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>PMFJI, I put a single textbox on a form. put the following in the forms activate:
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>thisform.text1.setfocus
>? vartype(thisform.activecontrol) = 'O'
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>If the textbox is enabled I get .T.,
>if it's disabled I get an error 'thisform.activecontrol is not an abject'?
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>I would think you would get .F. when disabled, what gives?

You may have to use TYPE("thisform.activecontrol") rather than VARTYPE(thisform.Activecontrol) - there's something funny that goes on with _screen.ActiveControl, and it may apply to thisform.activecontrol as well (it'd actually make sense if they behaved the same way.)