>>>I have a text box on a form that is enabled, and it's selectonentry is .t., but I can not click in the text box. I can tab into it and change the text as usual, but cannot click into it, even when I am already in the text box? The mouse cursor does not even change to an i-bar when I am over the text box. Does anyone have an idea of what my problem is here? Your help would be appreciated. Thanks
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>>Ross,
>>There should be a transparent shape or container in front of it.
>>Cetin
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>100 % agreed. However, I put shapes around parts of my form all over the place (a sunken line as usual) and this never gives any problems. Remember, I do this afterwards (Objects in it are already there). But, I have this only one sutiation exactly as described, and didn't even begin to think on the reason;
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>Cetin, what you describe, would this imply that shapes should always be drawn before the objects are there ? I mean the other way around : I think in my situation where it doesn't work the textboxes may be instantiated just after the shape is put there. On the other hand, all stuff created at design-time has shapes too, and they are obviously there before the objects (all being created at run-time). So ?? What's your opinion on this ?

Peter,
Before objects are there it'd be quite hard to determine how many shapes you need, where would they be (if you especially decide like me to put them afterwards:). Their zorder(1) would do the trick at runtime if you didn't do it manually at design time (send to back).
It's generally hard to catch when a container covers partially a commandbutton. You click the button and it doesn't get it. You try again and it does :) If you only test once with a click to covered part you were likely ignore it thinking you couldn't click well( and end users would always click there I bet :)
Cetin