>>[Another of those questions that I should already know the answer to.]
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>>If I put Text_Box_A on a form and activate the form, the focus will go to that control.
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>>If I put Text_Box_B on the same form and activate the form, the focus will STILL go to Text_Box_A.
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>>Now what if I want the focus to go first to Text_Box_B. How can I change the order?
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>>I suspect the order to receive focus is the same as the order I see in the drop down list at the top of the Properties Window in the Form Designer.
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Tracy: >Change the Tab Order.

Thanks, Tracy. You are correct.

It took me a while to see this because there is quite a bit of code in the old Visual FoxExpress foundation that effects the order of focus. When I create a simple form with just two text boxes and a command button I could see that you are correct.

Which ever (enabled) control that has the lowest value of TabIndex gets the focus when the form first gets focus.

I see that TabIndex does not have to be 1. Which ever value is lowest gets focus.

I had speculated:

>>I suspect the order to receive focus is the same as the order I see in the drop down list at the top of the Properties Window in the Form Designer.

This is definitely wrong.

Thanks for responding.

Peter