>>I am creating a text box which need data entry to be valid, in the valid rmethod I have placed the following:
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>>IF EMPTY(THIS.value)
>> =MESSAGEBOX(NOTEMPTY_LOC, ;
>> MB_ICONINFORMATION ,;
>> TRACERV_LOC)
>>
>> RETURN .F.
>>ENDIF
>>
>>This reacts fine but I also have a search "cmdButton1" which when pressed fires the valid routine. I have tried to place a "thisform.cmdButton1.keypress()" ahead of this but this allways equates to .T. Is there a way to activate the search button click routine before the valid routine fires?
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>>TIA, Brian Machtolff
>
>Place an additional IF statement aorund your code to check if a global var is .T., default it to .T. but change to .F. when the command button is accessed.

In reply to myself this may not work, depending on method fire order, an alternative would be to use KeyCode for example if keypress = return or tab do the validation otherwise just go direct to the command button code.