>OK I tried that but no joy. Here is the code currently in the Keypress event
>
>

>LPARAMETERS nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl
>LOCAL lnresult
>lnresult = DODEFAULT(nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl)
>gcLastName = This.Value
>REQUERY("ChildList")
>ThisForm.Refresh()
>return(.t.)

>

It's the thisform.Refresh() that's causing the single letter problem.
If it's just the grid that needs refreshing, just refresh that.

Not knowing anymore than this, I tried this with in a textbox, grid and view and it worked:

LPARAMETERS nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl
DoDefault(nKeyCode, nShiftAltCtrl)
gcLastName = Alltrim(this.value)
REQUERY("ChildList")
ThisForm.grdChildlist.Refresh()
NoDefault

I'm curious why you have a result value and a return value in there? Does KeyPress return anything other than .T.? And where would it return it to?