>I have a textbox where a pricecode can be entered, or a commandbutton can be used to bring up a form for pricecode selection.
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>When I am in textbox and press the button, I do not want to run the validation routine for the textbox.
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>I know I can detect if the mouse is over the button and return .T., but if you just happen to be sitting over the button, a bad code could be keyed.
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>Any guidance would be appreciated.

Did you consider using combobox instead of textbox + form?