>>>>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.
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>>Boris,
>>It's related with its width and font I think and the number varies, but it stops soon.
>>Cetin
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>WOW!
>I love when I learn something new, but not when I gave wrong answers. :-(
>Becuase I never used TextBox-es w/o ControlSource I never noticed that behaviuor.
>Thank you Cetin.

A wrong answer doesn't prevent you shining as a sun here:)
Cetin