Looks like that may work, Dave, but you know me, I'm a lazy programmer. I want to do it with as little code as possible :> Although, if all else fails...

Nice hearing from you Dave

Happy Chanukah
Glenn

>Hi Glenn-
>
>Here's a long solution that you may not want to use, but will probably work.
>
>In the textbox that needs the validation code, place some code in the interactive change such as
>
>thisform.comment = 'Changed'
>
>In the gotfocus of all other objects on the form, put:
>
>dodefault()
>thisform.gotfocus()
>
>In the form.gotfocus() put
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>if this.comment='Changed'
>this.doSomeValidationOnTheBox()
>endif
>this.Comment=''
>
>How's that??
>
>Dave