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>>... and I'd like to use them from thisform.keypress. You sound like my boss who thinks it is funny to shortcircuit me and communicate directly with my staff, i.o. of letting me 'overwrite' his messages.
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>I HOPE that analogies are not always totally accurate! I assure you, I believe your boss is as wrong about short-circuiting you as I believe I'm right about the hierarchy :-)

Barbara, with all due respect, I think my analogy is very good, we are trying to get organised here! so what is not OK for my boss is ok for VFP OO? What kind of logic is that? :).

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>>And the rest of your posting as brilliant.
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>Thank you - you've made my day :-))

What are friends for ... :)


Marc