>I have a currency text field on my form that works great. $0.00 is the empty value, and then when you type and leave the field it adjust to the input value and ads the formatting $1,222.00. I copied that textbox onto another form and removed the controlsource. This new field is acting goofy. It leaves blank areas in the field during input. Shows no commas, $ or periods. And the val(field1) is 150.00 if I typed in 150000.
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>how do i correct this goofy textfield
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>inputmask 999,999,999.99
>format $KT
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The default type of value in a textbox is a character. Either bind textbox to a form property with value $0.00 or set textbox.value = $0.00.