> >btw, my control is a date picker control. > IMHO it is better to use the LostFocus as it seems the valid event is only there for backward compatiility and that MS tries to move us to the more (windows) standard of LostFocus (e.g. not SetFocus from Valid) to prevent a control from loosing focus you should put NODEFAULT in this event btw, you can see a Date Picker control I wrote in one of the early VFUG newsletters Arnon