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Can anyone tell me why when running this scriptlet below, the cursor is not already in the dialog box? You have to click in the box before beginning to type. =========================================================================================== [void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing") [void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") $objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form $objForm.Text = "DP Maintenance System" $objForm.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200) $objForm.StartPosition = "CenterScreen" $objForm.KeyPreview = $True $objForm.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Enter") {$x=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()}}) $objForm.Add_KeyDown({if ($_.KeyCode -eq "Escape") {$objForm.Close()}}) $OKButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $OKButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,120) $OKButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23) $OKButton.Text = "OK" $OKButton.Add_Click({$x=$objTextBox.Text;$objForm.Close()}) $objForm.Controls.Add($OKButton) $CancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button $CancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(150,120) $CancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23) $CancelButton.Text = "Cancel" $CancelButton.Add_Click({$objForm.Close()}) $objForm.Controls.Add($CancelButton) $objLabel = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label $objLabel.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,20) $objLabel.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20) $objLabel.Text = "Choose a Data Protector Maintenance Task:" $objForm.Controls.Add($objLabel) $objTextBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox $objTextBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(10,40) $objTextBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20) $objForm.Controls.Add($objTextBox) $objForm.Topmost = $True $objForm.Add_Shown({$objForm.Activate()}) [void] $objForm.ShowDialog() $x

I realize that it really isn't your fault, but that makes my brain hurt too much to try and sort it out into something I can read.

Yeah, we may need you to post that one again...