>>>I have a command button i a form.
>>>This form is my fourth open form.
>>>In the click events i have this code
>>>thisform.text1.setfocus
>>>
>>>After clicking this command button i recieve this errormessage:
>>>Cannot call SetFocus from within a When, Valid, RangeHigh or RangeLow event (Error 2012)
>>>
>>>1 - I have not used the setfocus method within a When, Valid, RangeHigh or RangeLow event
>>>2 - When this form is the third form i dont recieve this error.
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>Cemal, did you try to trace it and track the events in both cases?
>>
>>Nick
>Hi Nick,
>
>To understand the error i have created a new project with 4 new forms
>
>In the first form i have only one textbox
>In the textbox's valid event i have this code
>do form form2
>

IMHO, in any case the somecontrol.Valid() event is not the right place to launch the form.
Try to put it in LostFocus() or think of other better place for it.
Even if you call two other methods from Valid event and the last method does .SetFocus() you will get that error.

Nick