>To All:
>Please recommend ways of checking a TextBox to see if it is empty or also that it contains only Alpha characters. The code should then post a MessageBox telling the operator that the field cannot be blank or some character is invalid. Then the cursor should return to the same field to allow correction of the problem. I tried using the Valid event but it pops a nasty little wait window that I would rather not see. I will use this code to check each Textbox on the form.

You can use Format and/or InputMask Property of textbox to allow only alphabetical characters, for example Format= "A'. To prevent VFP from displaying it's own error message return 0 from Valid.