Roi,

It would work if you store the object hierarchy.

THISFORM.cDefault = "Tisform.Text1"

...

IF !EMPTY(THISFORM.cDefault)
  lcDefault = THISFORM.cDefault
  &lcDefault..SetFocus()
ENDIF

>Sergey,
>
>You know, I thought the same thing, but it bailed when I just tested it. So I looked in the help file. Macro substition treates the contents of the var as a string literal. So having an object in there shouldn't work.
>
>This works:
>

lcDefault = "Thisform." + thisform.cDefault.name
>&lcDefault..SetFocus()

>
>or am I missing something?
>
>>Hi Ric,
>>
>>You need two dots. The first one denotes the end of the macro substitution.

IF !EMPTY(THISFORM.cDefault)
>>  lcDefault = THISFORM.cDefault
>>  &lcDefault..SetFocus()
>>ENDIF

>>
>>
>>>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