Jim,

Would it work if I put it in the VALID of the txtName? The only problem I see with that is the INVALID INPUT
message box that shows up.

Pete




>Peter,
>
>LostFocus has a base class behavior fo moving focus. You need to stop that behavior if you are setting focus somewhere. Change your code to this;
>
>

>WITH This
>   IF Empty( .Value )
>      * Relative addressing is more portable as it is name independant
>      .Parent.Parent.activepage=2
>      * Put focus on this same control
>      .setfocus()
>      * Stop the base class behavior
>      NODEFAULT
>   ENDIF
>ENDWITH
>