>>
>> 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

Thanks. That's what I was looking for.