Hi!

Did you meant that nodefault did not work for custom control? Strange, though not so much - because there is a GotFocus also for controls inside of the custom contol...

>Thanks Vlad that is exactly what I was after I will try it again as before I was unable to get a nodefault to work!
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Add When method to the control and put the code in the GotFocus event:
>>

>>if empty(this.When())
>>  this.enabled=.F.
>>else
>>  this.enabled=.T.
>>endif
>>

>>
>>So whenever you use this class, When event will be still available.
>>
>>BTW, if you do nto want to disable control when it has no access, but just disable the access, you can do following in GotFocus event:
>>
>>

>>if empty(this.When())
>>  nodefault
>>endif
>>

>>
>>Nodefault command in GotFocus event prevent control to get focus.
>>
>>HTH.
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>I have a custom Control that I need to prevent access to under certain circumstances, however the control only appears to have a GotFocus and LostFocus not a When or Valid.
>>>
>>>Is there some way to reproduce the behaviour of the When method?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance