set focus on text field

[womblies]

hi all
have been looking around at solutions to my problem and nearly have it solved but have been unable to find exactly answer.

i have a series of text inputs for the user to fill in with some of them mandatory and when the user tabs/clicks out of the input i want to check to see if the have filled it up, if not then i want to set focus on that input again and pop a movie clip beside it telling the to fill it in.

i can get the clip beside it but when i try to set the focus the halo ring will appear around it but the cursor will be in the next input field.
if you are unsure as to what i'm saying i can post a mockup fla
cheers

 

[pixl8r]

Post your sample.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[womblies]

can i email it to you as i cant post it at the moment