>BUT, the lostfocus does not work the same way as the valid event. If you >place an edit box on a form and put nodefault in its lostfocus event and >then place a checkbox or button on the form, the checkbox can still be >checked and the command button's click event will still be called. I am >trying to make each control (not just date picker controls) responsible for >its valid state in such a way that if focus leaves that control there is a >guarantee that that control is valid. > >If the Lostfocus event happened before the new controls gotfocus then >nodefault would solve all the problems. But this doesn't happen. Instead >the gotfocus of the new control is called (and if its a command button and >it is clicked to receive focus its click event is called) before the >lostfocus of the old control is triggered. > >The only solution I have found so far is to place code in the when event >of every control on the form so that the new control will not be entered >if the old Control or Container is not valid. > >The VFP Valid event works as expected. The focus cannot leave the control >until the Valid returns .T. > >Hope this clarifies what I am trying to do... >Peter How about calling the methods of the controls from within the LostFocus of the container class? Chris