Sergey,

Thanks for your response. One last question - what if the text box in question is within a container object such as a grid? how do i reference that object?

N.

>>hi guys,
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>>i am trying to create to add a spell check option to my menu bar. the idea is that the user can click on this spell option from the menu and it would spell check whatever field - character or memo that the cursor was currently on. so the question is how do i reference that field? i have been looking at the activecontrol property but it doesn't seem to be behaving and also i won't necessarily know which form the user is on when they click on the spell check option.
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>>thanks,
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>>n.
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>Make sure that there is Active Form, Active Control and it's of the required type

IF TYPE("_Screen.ActiveForm.Name")="C" ;
>     AND TYPE("_Screen.ActiveForm.ActiveControl.Name") = "C" ;
>     AND _Screen.ActiveForm.ActiveControl.Baseclass = "Textbox"
>   * Do something here
>ENDIF
>