>1) Make the cursor (focus) go to a certain field by means of pressing a key like F2, but only while I am in a given form?
>I tried an ON KEY LABEL F2 thisform.thisfield.setfocus
>but got a message saying thisform can only be used within a method.

Try :

ON KEY LABEL F2 _Screen.Activeform.thisfield.setfocus


>2) I have several combo boxes in a form and I'd like them to display (open) automatically when getting the focus. I'm looking for an equivalent SendKeys command in Visual Basic, but can't find any.

Try looking at KEBOARD Command

Ron