>>I am try to set of limit of the number of characters I and type in my textbox.
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>>I am aware of the input mask process, but in my textbox in need to type in characters, numbers, and wild cards symbols in this testbox to do searches.
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>>They textbox that I am using has limited me to type in only 9 characters in the textbox, but I need to type in more than 9 characters.
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>>*Note: I do not have a controlsource on this objects.
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>>I am seeking way to type in an combination of character and number that will exceed 10 character places.
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>>Thank You In Advance.
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>>Winfred Majors
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>Well, if you din't have ControlSource and you don't set MaxLength = xxx and you don't have an InputMask like [XXXXXXXXX]
>TextBox have will not stop after first 9 chars.

Boris,
It's related with its width and font I think and the number varies, but it stops soon.
Cetin