>I did force a SetFocus() on one of my control whenever I call the Refresh() method. This solves the problem.
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>I was wondering, instead of adding a control, is there a way to detect the control #1 in the tab sequence so we can focus on that?

You could loop through the Controls() collection looking for the first visible control that has a SetFocus method that is not a grid, but I think that would be a PITA.