Interesting... Will try it.

What happens if form contrains a pageframe? Perhaps it would be best to just check controls that are in same container as oFirstControl.

Thanks,

Alex

>Alejandro,
>Can you use the Controls or ControlCount properties and work through them looking for the first object with a parent class that is suitable (Text box, combo, etc.)? I don't know if the Controls array or the ControlCount list is ordered in the Tab order, but that's easy to check.
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>HTH
>Barbara
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>>Hi,
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>>A form class has two properties: cFirstControl and oFirstControl. The first one has the name and the second one a reference to the control that gets focus when we add record to table.
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>>Desired behavior:
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>>1) In Form init, if cFirstControl is name of a valid control, load a reference to it in oFirstControl. Otherwise, load a reference to the first object in tab order that makes sense (no labels, for example).
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>>2) As we navigate in table, if oFirstControl is disabled or otherwise unavailable, focus should go to next object that makes sense in tab order.
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>>TIA,
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>>Alex