>Thanks, it is a dropdown combo now and this means I can set the input mask to control the length of the input. ie When I key in data it now moves to the next field ok using Return 1 in the valid.
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>Are you saying that clicking in the list will never move the cursor foward even with a Return 1 in the valid. THis is whats happening. If I click in the list the combo never looses focus. Could I put some code somewhere else to make this happen, like the click method or selected method. What do you think?

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>TIA
>Chris

PMFJI - Try using the InteractiveChange() instead of Valid(). Valid doesn't fire until an attempt to exit the control. InteractiveChange fires when the user changes the highlighted item in the combo, even when the combo is "open".