>>>Barbara,
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>>>I prefer the valid solution. If you place a NODEFAULT in the LostFocus code, the field will never loose focus. At least, that's what I found with a combobox
>>>
>>It needs to be conditional of course (IF/CASE), but I find the Lostfocus to be more flexible than the Valid, and a bit more state-of-the-art...
>
>Ah, Bruce, my answer in a nutshell. Particularly since MS has been threatening to remove Valid entirely.
>
>Barbara

while it does seem that MS wants to encourage us not to use Valid (e.g. you can not SetFocus from the Valid) - because it is not
a standard event -
as long as they maintain some backward competability I don't believe it will got away

Arnon