>Hi,
>
>Here's how my app is currently set up:
>
>It is run with root.prg which sets up some variables and the default directory, etc. Then a form is run with DO FORM MAIN.SCX and things are set in motion with READ EVENTS. If you click the Search button on the MAIN form, it is RELEASEd and the search form is run with DO FORM SEARCH.SCX.
>
>In the Activate event I have:
> PUSH KEY CLEAR
> ON KEY LABE F1 SEARCH.NAM.SETFOCUS
>
>In other words, I want the F1 key to jump to the NAM field on the form. This works fine if I run the form alone, but when it's called by MAIN, I get an error saying that there's no object named SEARCH. Sure enough, when I look in the debugger, there is no such object. What am I doing wrong?
>
> All help appreciated,
> Rob

On Key Labels are generally a bad idea for this type of thing because they are interprocess commands, meaning they will interrupt any running code to executet their duties. This (as you might well guess) can cause really unpredictable behavior. Instead, use the form.keypress event. To do this, you first have to set form.keypreview to .T. and add the code in the keypress event (after the parameter statement:

if nKeyCode = 28 &&F1
thisform.NAM.SETFOCUS
endif