>I'm trying to jump from one control to another for checking field validation (usually the next one) but with >> for x=1 to form.controlcount << jumps into a different control. I realize that is taking the record order (recno()) inside the scx file.

Instead of relying on the zOrder (record order) to do this, why not use the TabIndex properties of the controls? You could try something like this (unstested):

dimension this.aControls[this.controlcount]
for each loControl in this.controls
	if loControl.TabIndex > alen(this.aControl, 1)
		dimension this.aControls[loControl.TabIndex]
	endif
	this.aControls[loControl.TabIndex] = loControl
endfor

Then scan through that array,

for each loControl in this.aControls
	if vartype(loControl) = 'O'
		loControl.Valid() && Or whatever it is that you do
	endif
endfor