>>>>>>>>>I am trying to create my own custom controls using both the Control and Container object. I am using the LostFocus event to validate my custom control by setting the focus back into the control if it is not valid. This almost works, but like usual VFP has to spoil things. Checkboxes can still be checked outside of my control and the Form can be closed even if the data is invalid.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Does anyone have a sure solution to the VALIDATION OF A CONTROL OR CONTAINER?????
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>TIA,
>>>>>>>>>Peter
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>btw, my control is a date picker control.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Yes, use the VALID event, not LOSTFOCUS.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Vlad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>BUT, a Container and Control object do not have Validate events.... So I can,t use that event!!!!
>>>>>>>Peter
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But the objects contained in the control have Valid events. Why can't you use them?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Vlad

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>>Why you don't fill the others sections of your date field with something valid?
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>>If the user take the 'Year' part in your date picker you can fill the day and month with '01' if those parts are empty...?
>Because I don't want to guess on what the user would have typed. I want to inform the use that he/she needs to fill in the missing data. The date control is just one place that I want to use this technique.

I don't know how you can do that without a valid event.

I think that you must add a command button to your container and do the validation on the click event of this button!