Hey Tracy,

Thanks for your input. I like your idea of passing varread() as a parm to pop_fields instead of evaluating varread() on each case statement ... probably give a bit better performance.

However, I don't think I explained my issue very well. What I'm really struggling with is the fact that if I call messagebox() in my popup routine for a given field, that field's valid event is not fired but if I call a popup form in the popup routine, the field's valid event is fired before my popup form runs.

In other words, my field considers itself to have lost focus when I call a popup form (and fires a valid event) but not when I call messagebox(). I really want to know what keeps the field from loosing focus when a messagebox is displayed and if I can create that same behaviour in a form.

Once again, thanks for the idea on the passing of varread(). I like that.