>sorry, I meant valid and lostfocus

At valid's method there is a data's level validation (for it fields)..

For lostfocus we have the object's level validation.. All the next setfocus can be nicely used here..


I always have found here this dialog between them.. (per instance of course)

VALID - huumm let me see.. the data criteria match with some others on the disk
VALID - The check digit is properly inputed
VALID - The number of digits match..
VALID - oops.. but theres 5 not 9 digits so I will set the thisform.specialflag to 1


LOSTFOCUS - is thisform.specialflag = 1.. Goto text1..
LOSTFOCUS - is thisform.specialflag = 2.. Goto text2..
LOSTFOCUS - is thisform.specialflag = 3.. Goto text3..


HTH

Claudio