William,

Any reason why you don't want to put the validation in the valid() event?

Alan

>That's what I thought, but it is not working. Here is the code I have in the LostFocus area:
>
> IF irmpok = .f.
> thisform.txtirpm1.setfocus()
> ENDIF
>
>The variable irmpok is returning false, I did check that.
>
>txtirpm1 is the field I want to go to.
>
>Any ideas?