>Is it not possible to change _CUROBJ from a valid on a READ? I have an app that depending on the value of one Get field I will want to position the cursor on different get fields. I also so some other calculating in the valid and it has to be on the READ. But for some reason FoxPro won't let me change the value of _CUROBJ. Does anyone know why?

You should be able to but I don't have 2.6 docs to explain it. Look up the function of OBJNUM and OBJVAR....somewhere in that mess is an example that will change the cursor from one field to another.