Hi Jill,

I have an idea which may work. In the GotFocus event of the textbox, say:

this.value=repl(chr(10),17)
=insm(.f.)

In the KeyPress event, say:

if nkeycode=7 or nkeycode=127
this.value=trim(this.value)+chr(10)
endif

In the Valid event, say:

=insm(.t.)

I am using a double-byte character version of VFP6 and chr(10) works. In Enlish verson, chr(10) may not work, in which case you may have to use a different character which is not visible and is not expected to be keyed in. The textbox's SelectOnEntry should be set to .f.

BTW, the length of value (17) is dependent on the lenth of the textbox and its font size, unless the MaxLength is given.

CY