You can set focus only after the form has been diaplayed. since you are
adding the code on form load and the form is not visible it cant
setfocus.Put the set focus in the form activate event, itll work

Satya

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monty" <montylove@h...>
To: "professional vb" <pro_vb@p...>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:38 PM
Subject: [pro_vb] SET FOCUS ERROR #5

> on form_load
>
> i try to run this code directly
>
> text1.setfocus
>
> then i get error #5 ' Invalid call (Something like that)
> but when i place the same code under command1_click
> then everything goes fine
>
> Can u tell me whats wrong ?
>
> Monty
>
>
>
>

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