Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
If Sheet1.TextBox1.Value = "" Then
MsgBox "Please enter a name"
Sheet1.TextBox1.Activate
End If

End Sub

Worked fine for me in Excel 2000.

I don't know what fires the code, where it is located, or what version of
Excel you are using, but as I said, there is nothing inherently wrong with
the code suggested.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"ené" wrote in message
...
Hi every one!

Thanks Tom for your help, but it did not work. I did exactly what you
suggested.

If Sheet1.TextBox1.Value = "" Then
MsgBox "Please enter a name"
Sheet1.TextBox1.Activate
End If

This is the error message:

Run-time error '1004':

Activate method of OLEOobject class failed

Thanks in advance to all!!!