>>>How do you show in the editbox if Insert is set on or off?
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>>>TIA
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>>I don't think you can. About all you can do is show the status in the StatusBar. You'll see either a " " for insert mode, or "OVR" for type over mode.
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>I have always had status bar off. Don't remember why but somehow I think it had something to do with a bug in VFP 6 when status bar is set on. But I may be mistaken.
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>Thank you for your help.

You might be able to put code in the EditBox Keypress that checks for the Insert key and then toggles a background color or text color for the editbox, or some other visual cue to the Insert state. You could use the INSMODE() function to get the current state.