>>>>When I try to "thisform.mytextbox1.setfocus=.t.",
>>>>I get "setfocus is read only"
>>>>How was I supposed to move the focus to the control of my choice?
>>>
>>>thisform.mytextbox1.setfocus()
>>>This is method!
>>
>>I made the change. But the cursor does not appear in the said textbox ready to start typing.
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>Try NODEFAULT before thisform.mytextbox1.setfocus() line. BTW what snippet is this?

On the line b4 it, by itself? I did that but no effect.
As for the snippet not sure what you mean but setfocus() command is in a cmdbutton's click event.