>>Now since I want to have it active within the life of a form class >>instance only, the dismissal should be in form.deactivate, I suppose - >>yes, I've took a look at the help, I should dismiss it there, but in >>unload also, since deactivate doesn't get triggered when the form just >>unloads. Or just put this.deactivate in unload? > >It sounds like you need one method that will deactivate the on keys and >call this method from all apropriate methods. > >Vlad That'll be it, you have just arranged the tiles in my head. One additional method, called with .t. for setting 'em up, or with .f. to dismiss. And that's to be replaced with form.KeyPress RSN :). OKL - yes, if it can't be avoided.