>>>How do I send the FOCUS back to a field from a VALID?
>>
>>*** Text.Valid event
>>Return .F.
>
>hay Ed - return .f. works if you do not use SETFOCUS() in a Valid.
>... :)
Robert,

You quoted the help file in a previous message that had your answer for you. You CANNOT call SetFocus from WHEN or VALID.

You should do the SetFocus call in the GotFocus or LostFocus instead.