Hi Jim, I'm back to this today. Copied the code from BeforeUpdate and pasted to form Unload event handler per A) below. Works great if user clicks 'x' to close form, but if they click the buttons I've set up for them (Home and/or Next) the message telling them which box is blank comes up, but a second "The Close action was canceled" message also comes up. Once I click ok, I can finish adding data and close form ok. How do I get rid of the 2nd message? The code for both buttons is the same except for the form they open. Here it is: Private Sub Home_Click() On Error GoTo Err_Home_Click DoCmd.Close Dim stDocName As String Dim stLinkCriteria As String stDocName = "SplashScreen" DoCmd.OpenForm stDocName, , , stLinkCriteria Exit_Home_Click: Exit Sub Err_Home_Click: MsgBox Err.Description Resume Exit_Home_Click End Sub Thank you! Cathy "Jim Pettit" <j_e_pettit@hotmail To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> .com> Sent by: cc: mso-bounce@freelist s.org Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2002: Checking For Nulls On Form 06/10/2004 06:00 PM Close Please respond to mso ..... Cathy-- It appears so, yes. As written, your Next_Click event doesn't 'know' that the form's BeforeUpdate event has been cancelled, so it goes on its merry old way unabated. You have a few options: A) Copy the code from the BeforeUpdate event and paste it into the form's Unload event handler. B) Declare a module-level variable (Dim fValid As Integer), using the BeforeUpdate event to set it to True if all the fields are filled in, or False if any of them are left blank. Then reference it in the form's Unload event handler, Cancel *that* event if fValid is False. One thing I've noticed about you over the months: you sem unafraid to jump into waters where some fear to tread. I like that... ;-) Anyway, let us/me know if that doesn't do it for you. --Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************