Cathy, Don't forget to give your users an out. They may decide they don't want to enter a new form after all and need to exit, you could do this on your BeforeUpdate as well. This will allow the user the option to select Cancel on the message box to exit the form cleanly or OK to return to the form and set the focus on the appropriate field. James **********Begin Code************** Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer) Dim Response as string If Nz(Me!Project, "") = "" Then Response = MsgBox "Please fill in Project Number", vbOKCancel + vbExclamation, "Must Complete Information!" If Response = vbOK Then Me!Project.SetFocus ElseIf Response = vbCancel Then Cancel = True Me.Undo End If Exit Sub End If If Nz(Me!Type, "") = "" Then Response = MsgBox "Please fill in Order Type", vbOKCancel + vbExclamation, "Must Complete Information!" If Response = vbOK Then Me!Type.SetFocus ElseIf Response = vbCancel Then Cancel = True Me.Undo End If Exit Sub End If If Nz(Me!DateIssue, "") = "" Then Response = MsgBox "Please fill in Issue Date", vbOKCancel + vbExclamation, "Must Complete Information!" If Response = vbOK Then Me!DateIssue.SetFocus ElseIf Response = vbCancel Then Cancel = True Me.Undo End If End If End Sub ************End Code**************** -----Original Message----- From: Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:01 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2002: Checking For Nulls On Form Close :VSMail mx1 >>>Can you post your code and we can try to help you troubleshoot why it is popping up the first message box<<< Here it is, thank you! Private Sub Form_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer) If Nz(Me!Project.SetFocus, "") = "" Then MsgBox "Please fill in Project Number", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Must Complete Information!" Me!Project.SetFocus Cancel = True Me.Undo Exit Sub End If If Nz(Me!Type.SetFocus, "") = "" Then MsgBox "Please fill in Order Type", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Must Complete Information!" Me!Type.SetFocus Cancel = True Me.Undo Exit Sub End If If Nz(Me!DateIssue.SetFocus, "") = "" Then MsgBox "Please fill in Issue Date", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "Must Complete Information!" Me!DateIssue.SetFocus Cancel = True Me.Undo End If End Sub ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************