Hi Nick...
works great...thanks for the information....:))

>>In my form I have serveral text flds. I want to check when one of these
>>text flds gets focus. any ideas?
>
>Robert, you might try something like this:
>

IF TYPE("thisform.ActiveControl") = "O"
>	IF UPPER(thisform.ActiveControl.Name) = "TEXT5"
>		WAIT WINDOW thisform.ActiveControl.Name + " has Focus"
>	ENDIF
>ENDIF