I'm guessing here, but are your controls on a pageframe ? I seem to remember this being an issue, if so, the workaround is to cover each page with an object so that the page can never recieve focus.

HTH

Des

>I have a textbox, whose value is initialized to 0, with the following in the VALID:
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>

 IF LASTKEY() = AscEsc
>  RETURN
>ENDIF
>
>lOK = .T.
>** check for legal values; set nRecsNeeded
>DO CASE
> CASE This.Value <= 0
>    WAIT WINDOW "Group size must be greater than zero"
>    RETURN .F.
>

>
>...followed by other cases in the CASE statement.
>
>According to the tab order, the text box is the first control in the form, and it IS selected when the form starts.
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>I don't want to let focus out of the text box until the user inputs a non-zero value. At times, once the form is diaplayed, and the user user clicks on a combo box on the form, the valid does not fire, i.e., the focus leaves the textbox and goes to the combo box. [If the user presses the TAB or ENTER key with the intial zero value, the appropriate error message is displayed.]
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>I'm missing something...how can I keep focus on the text box until the user has entered a legal value? Any input is appreciated. J