Hi Paul,

Sorry about the delayed response. I saw it when first posted
but did not answer immediately... and then forgot to come back
to it.

[...]

> procedure TIB_DateTimeEnh.CMExit(var Message: TCMExit);
> begin
> inherited;
> if Parent is TIB_CustomGrid then TWinControl(Parent).SetFocus;
> end;

> If you think it is OK then because of the way the components
> are inherited I think I would have to do the same for the
> other embeded components.

This might be OK for your purposes - but has potential for
problems in certain situations (legitimate exits such as
clicking on a control outside the grid). The focus issues
can be really hard to get exactly right and I certainly would
not want to include the above code in the generic/production
version of the code - but if it works for your specific
purposes... well thats why you have the source code :-)

As far as I remember, when we spoke about this last, I could
see the problem when you sent me an executable but could not
see the problem when I compiled it myself... and this is both
of us using Delphi6 (me on XP SP2, you on W2K SP4).

Until/unless I can reproduce the problem here I really cannot
be much help... because here there does not seem to be a
problem in the source, only with your build.

This combination with your more recent problems really makes
me wonder if perhaps you _should_ re-install Delphi6 (after
first doing a complete backup, uninstall and clean-up of as
much residue - registry, packages etc etc - as possible). And
on re-install be sure you have Delphi6's update pack 2.

--
Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing