Are there any activeX controls that could be messing with the behaviour? If you would like, you could email the form (and supporting VCX's) to me and I will have a look at it...the email address on my envelope is correct.

>>Winn,
>>
>>Could you post *all* of the code from the page activate() method (where your setfocus command is)
>Steve,
> OK, here you go:
>
>if thisform.lnChoice = 1
> this.txtCom.setfocus()
>else
> this.txtsci.setfocus()
>endif
>
>Thanks,