Dont want to leave textbox

[DarrenWard]

I have a text box that when I press enter it does some validation in the keypress event, if a condition is met it shows a message and then I want the textbox to retain the focus.

I have tried the valid event and setting the setfocus, but the event still moves focus to the next control, I know it's something simple but I can find it in the help files.

Dazz (Like Harry Potter's schooling, I can't do anything without a spell checker)

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Here is one way of doing it:
Create a new property on your form (Called RetainFocus and leave it logical)
In the KeyPress event determine if you want to keep the focus:

IF nKeyCode = "whatever"
  thisform.RetainFocus = .t.
ELSE
   thisform.RetainFocus = .F.
ENDIF

And in the LostFocus check the value of RetainFocus:

IF thisform.RetainFocus = .t.
  NODEFAULT
ENDIF

 

[nl]

How about return a false value in the valid event to prevent user leaving the textbox.
Note that return a true value will let the focus go to next control.