Sorry, that should been in the VALID. You might also add a _PostValidHook method to that control where all the design time VALID code goes. So the VALID code in your Textbox baseclass would look like:

IF PEMSTATUS(THISFORM, 'mCalendorse', 5)
   THISFORM.mCalendorse = .T.
ENDIF
IF NOT THIS._PostValidHook()
   RETURN 0
ENDIF

You can then protect the Valid of the taxtbox baseclass to prevent its use at design time.

>I would like to programmatically add code to all textbox controls on a form. Ideally, the textbox valids would have:
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>THISFORM.mcalendorse=.T.
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>so that whenever a user keys through a textbox control on the form, the form's value of mcalendorse is set to true. It needs to go BEFORE any other existing code already in the valid. I need to know if the user keyed through the text box controls at all. Can .setall be used for this? How to do it ?
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>TIA,
>Tracy