if you do this you probably want to set the KEYPREVIEW property of the form so that it will process keys before other controls do Arnon > For this purpose I use Keypress event of form. I place there the following > code: > if lastkey() = 27 > this.release > endif > > Work fine (for me). > > Have a happy day, > Vladimir Shevchenko > > > Thisform.cmdCancel.Caption = " to Cancel" > > Thisform.cmdCancel.Default = .T. > > Guess what. . .It doesn't. What did I do wrong. >