Version 5.0a and I see that it works fine in version 6.0. I'm in the process of upgrading, so nevermind.

Thanks a lot for your help

bonnie


>Bonnie,
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>Which version of VFP are you using? I just tested this in VFP8 and the Textbox.Valid() and .LostFocus() both fire when you click onto the page when focus is on a textbox.
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>>thanks for the reply. Once a user clicks on the 'grey space' of the page frame, I don't have any way of refering to the last control that they were on, do I? ActiveControl is now Page1.