>>>Nodefault and stuffing the keyboard buffer works fine. Strange way to "eat
>>my sandwich" but it does the job. Looks like MS would have provided a way
>>to pass a different value back to the object directly from within the
>>keypress event. Many thanks for the help.
>>
>>Mike,
>>
>>If you must do it that way then here's an experiment to try, in the
>>Keypress;
>>
>> IF nKeyCode =
>> NODEFAULT
>> nKeyCode = ASC("")
>>ENDIF
>>
>what I usually do is
>DO CASE
> CASE nKeyCode=
> nNewkeyCode=new_value
> Textbox::KeyPress(nNewKeyCode,nShiftAltCtrl) && or any other
>control
> NODEFAULT
>.
>.
>ENDCASE


YYEEEEESSSS!!!!

Scope Resolution Operator huh, that one blew right by me. I bow my humble head to the VFP GOM (Geek of the month). What else would you expect from the UT'er nominated for coolest name? Code changed.

Many Thanks,
Mike