Hey Larry,
No, I wish it were that easy. However I did incorporate a messagebox. This did the trick. I think the adobe control has some kind of focus over and above that of the form. Once the focus leaves the form ( for whatever reason), it works fine. And thank you for replying, have a good day.
Winn

>Just a guess, but are you issuing a THISFORM.LockScreen=.T. anywhere and possibly not turning it back off?
>HTH
>Larry Long
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