>> ...
>> You are semi-stuck now, right?
>> You are in the same condition that the timer would put you in.
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>Yes. So? I agree that the bug can be "fired" by many ways. Do you have a way to fix the bug?
>

A few posts ago you implied that you could issue form1.setfocus(), and that it worked fine. I must have misunderstood you...

>> My point is that I think you would have problems like this in *any*
>> language, because of the way that modal forms work.
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>NO WAY!
>Just tried same code in Delphi. Result - like always in Delphi - works perfect. I'm sure that it works in VC and VB as well as in Delphi. As for me it looks like VFP bug.

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