Hi Ric,

You don't need the macro expansion, just do:

IF !EMPTY(THISFORM.cDefault)
  THISFORM.cDefault.setfocus()
ENDIF

-or-

IF !EMPTY(THISFORM.cDefault)
  lcDefault = THISFORM.cDefault
   ** No macro needed, lcDefault is alread an object reference
   ** and you can access it's PEMs directly through the var.
  lcDefault.SetFocus()
ENDIF

IAC, IIRC to do macro expasion you need 2 dots (..) between the var and the method call. &lcDefault..SetFocus()

hth

>TIA to you all because this is a no brainer (I left mine at home today).... in certain situations I pass a default control name to a form property.... I want the form to select that control id as the next to get focus - overriding the tab order.... could some please tell me why this isn't working??
>
>IF !EMPTY(THISFORM.cDefault)
> lcDefault = THISFORM.cDefault
> &lcDefault.SetFocus()
>ENDIF
>
>I know the answer is here somewhere, but not in my brain today... :-)
>
>Ric