It sounds like these are two different events.
So you may need to add code to set the focus specifically to that text box.
Something like

... some code to scan with a barcode scanner...
ThisForm.TextField.Setfocus()

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Scott
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"I try to be nice, but sometimes my mouth doesn't cooperate."

The trick is to try to work out which events are fired when you use the barcode reader. I suspect they will include the InteractiveChange of the textbox within the grid column., but you could use the Event Tracking tool (from the Debugger's Tools menu) to check that.

Once you have identified a suitable event, that's where you would put the SetFocus.

Mike

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Well, it sounds like you already programmed for the manual entry case. Then look what's different using the barcode scanner. It usually just also sends in keystrokes, so is like manual user input, just faster.
Mike is right, that event tracking will tell you which events occur.

Chriss

I suspect that the barcode reader is an ActiveX control. If it is, I have had issues with some ActiveX controls not releasing the cursor (keeping the focus) even though I explicitly set the focus to a native VFP control such as a textbox. What I did was to add another ActiveX control that I knew would not "steal" the focus to the form, put it off screen (set property Left = -100), and then added code to its GotFocus event to send the focus to the control that I wanted. In the problem ActiveX (in your case the barcode control) add the code to send the focus to the off-screen ActiveX.

Greg