Hi All,

I've been reading all the posts here to try to figure out what I
thought would be a simple issue. I would like to check the contents of
a cell when I tab out, arrow out or click on some other cell in the
worksheet after having entered some text. If the contents don't meet
certain validation criteria, I need to keep the user in the cell and
not allow movement to another cell. Data/Validation is too easy to
deafeat. I'm using VBA to do this.

Example: I enter "123abcdef" in a cell and than tab to the next cell.
The validation rule states a maximum of 6 charachters can be entered.
The result in this case should leave me in the cell and force me to
reduce the number of charachters to some number 6 or below.

I tried using the Change and the SelectionChange events but they only
seem partially work for my needs.

Can anyone help?

Thanks a lot,
Lakehills