Are you sure your textbox is not read-only?

Vlad

>>>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?
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>>thisform.mytextbox1.setfocus()
>>This is method!
>
>I made the change. But the cursor does not appear in the said textbox ready to start typing.