Sergey,

That doesn't work. I still can not get the focus off the textbox.
>Beth,
>
>You should issue NODEFAULT when you want to keep focus only.
>

IF THISFORM.ltextbox = .T.
>  THISFORM.textbox1.SETFOCUS()
>  NODEFAULT
>ENDIF
>THIS.VALUE = ""
>THISFORM.REFRESH()
>