Loren,

It's a good habit to use to distinguish methods from properties. You also must use () if you call a method and want to get it's return value. It doesn't matter if the method takes arguments.

Is the band Chilliwack still around? I'd love to be able to find a CD or two of theirs.

>I have seen that in most of the code that I have read, Setfocus and Refresh are always followed by (). In my code I have not used the brackets and all works fine. Is it just a standard rule to use the brackes or am I going to run into problems later by writing sloppy code?