>I guess THISFORM.ltextbox never gets set to .F.
>>
>> 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()
>>>

Sergey, Beth

PMFJI

But, maybe on "thisform.refresh" she has any command that affect the correctly behavior..

On this case a RETURN will help

procedure ltextbox.valid
IF THISFORM.ltextbox
   NODEFAULT
   THISFORM.textbox1.SETFOCUS()
   return
ENDIF
THIS.VALUE = ""
THISFORM.REFRESH()