Ah but there's no justice in this world. You got the stars! :-)

>Thanks Terry. Good idea. I will have to use that next time I need to do this.
>
>>James and Jim
>>
>>Why not just set the .enabled property of the column to .F.?
>>
>>Terry
>>
>>>James --
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi James,
>>>>
>>>>You have to code this. You can go into currentControl in the column and return .f. in the when event. If you want to do this conditionally, then you will have to code the when to return .f. based on a method or property.
>>>>
>>>>>Is there some property for a column so that the user won't tab to it? I'd just like them to continue on to the next field.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Jim