Problem setting focus.

I Have an MDI form (X1) with a timer running a clock display and loading a second form (X2) with a TextBox1 to captue the answer to a question.
I am unable to set the focus to Textbox1 on X2 to accept keyboard entry straign away.

Any suggestion on how to set this in code, I suspect I am putting staements in the wrong place.

I have checked X2.Textbox1.tabindex=0 and X2.Textbox.tabstop=true

Suspect I have to code the solution either in the X2_Load section or near the point in X1 where I dim the X2 form and show it.

Thanks for any help

just say:

VB Code:

Private Sub X2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles X2.Load
 
X2.Textbox1.Focus()
 
End Sub

that should work.