>I may be incorrect (I have not tried this for about 5 years) but I think you can set focus from a Valid by setting Return -1, etc. If I recall, we did that on one project. I think I have also seen it done with a framework I use.

Thomas,

Yes this "feature" of the valid event is a hold over from the days when there was no Lostfocus event. I would pose the question, which of these is easier to debug two years later;

* Valid
...
RETURN ( ThisForm.Target.TabIndex - This.TabIndex )

OR

* Lostfocus
Thisform.txtState.Setfocus()
NODEFAULT