>>>You can also play a trick whereby the gotfocus event of one control validates the control that previously had the focus. This way it is easier to stop the cancel button from performing the validation.
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>>>Mace
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>>This is great, until the user decides to skip around in the entry form.
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>Why would that be a problem?

You would need to ensure that every control was validated in the GotFocus of every other control.

Actually, when I first read it I read too fast and thought you meant that each control would be validated by the GotFocus of the next control in the tab order, and thus my comment.