You could also set the select on entry for the control.

>>Hi,
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>>I would like to use the tab key to move from field to field on a form, it works fine with character field. But with numeric field it adds an extra zero so 2 will be shown as 20.
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>>thanks in advance.
>>joseph
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>That shouldn't happen. Check the non-default properties and methods; it seems to me you have something non-standard there.
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>Try to create an empty form with only two textboxes; the form not being based on any one of your form classes (that is, just use the standard VFP form): you shouldn't get this behavior.
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>Hilmar.