In version 5, VFP was changed so that you can not call SetFocus from the When or Valid methods of any controls. What you can do is move the Valid code to the LostFocus event. You can make those calls from there.

>>In order fot the Valid of the textbox to fire, an attempt has to be made to make it lose focus. The On Key Label is not making that happen.
>>A better way (IMO) to design this would be to have a SaveMethod at the form level. That method could validate each control. It could also SetFocus to the Save button to make the textbox's value get written to the controlsource.
>>F8 could call the SaveMethod and so could the Click method of the Save button.
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>Larry,
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>Thank you...
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>I can't belive why SETFOCUS can't call in Valid Event...
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>If it's possible, all the problems will solver...
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>And.. I'm trying to make this work, but all that I do is wrong... Error 2012 always appear.
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>Thank you.
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>Rodolfo Duarte