Does the messagebox show up? Are you sure there are no typos?

>hi,
>
>i try to do this statment but nothing happend
>
>thisform.pagefram1.page1.text1.setfocus
>
>

>If NOT BETWEEN(thisform.pagefram1.page1.text1.value,0,2)
>       =messagebox("the range from 1 to 2 only")
>       thisform.pagefram1.page1.text1.setfocus     && nothing happend
>else
>......
>endif
>

>thanks
>m.qasem