Widget returning NULL?

[Steve & Patti Getzinger <psatg bluemarble net>]

I am at a loss here. I have 3 entries I am testing in a func and two of 
them are NULL:

if(entry2==NULL)

How does it end up NULL and how do I unnulify it? I wish to test on text 
length but can not get past this NULL issue. The second and third come 
back NULL and the first always comes back not NULL using the above test 
regardless of data entered.

TIA,
Steve