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Never mind!
I figured it out. I need to put the "pass returninfield" into an else statement.

on returninfield
if the controlKey is down then
put the seconds into dater
convert dater to dateitems
put item 2 of dater & "/" & item 3 of dater & "/" & item 1 of dater & " " & item 4 of dater ...

Okay, that helps some, The first part works; The date and time are inserted at the proper place.

Now the focus is set to the next field. Apparently under normal conditions [Cntrl - Enter] tabs to the next field.

Is there another handler that I need to intercept to prevent this from happening? I ...

I am writing a script for a text field which will be completely editable, ie. a Journal Entry. I want to insert a Date-Time Stamp where ever the current insert point might be. It may not be at the end of the field, so
"Put the date & " " & the time after field 1" will not always work

Here is how I ...