> > I have two (probably simple) questions. > First, is there a straightforward way to make the active form release when > the user hits the escape button throughout the application? I'm not > particularly fond of this interface feature, but all of my users are used > to it in their current apps. Hopefully something I could put in my base > form class. The easiest is a Close, Cancel, or what haveyou button that has it's cancel property set to true. It's click method should contain Thisform.Release. It must be enabled, but you do not have to make it visible. > Second, is there a function that will search a memo field and return true > if any of a list of strings is contained in the field? > I thought that I had seen a function like this, but I can't find it > documented now. If there is no such animal, what's the next best thing? A little functions that loops through the list of strings and that ATs or $s each individual string would be the closest. HTH Marc