>Just when I'm really getting to like .Net, C# and some of the really cool things I can do like that marvelous free charting tool, I've got to go and try to input decimal numbers.
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>Warning: Flame on!
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>I've just spent several hours searching for a control to do decimal input as nicely as dBase II with no luck!
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>If I have a format like ##0.0 and I type 10.1, I expect to not have to position the cursor after the first blank space before typing! This is not unreasonable. I could do it in Fortran IV inputting from a teletype, for Pete's sake! In FoxBase I could type "10" and when I hit the decimal point the cursor would hop over to where it belonged and I could continue typing the fractional part. And I didn't have to write three or four event handlers to get the job done either!
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>Comeon! Somebody has got to have done this right in a subclassed control?
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>Is there any word yet? Will the next version of .Net be as good as dBase II?
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>Flame off

James,

I don't have an answer for you, however, if what you say is true then I can't blame you for wanting to rant!

Yes, the Fox does seem to spoil us with its native controls. I especially like the way VFP's textbox can have an inputmask property that is so simple to setup and actually works. Just recently I'd discovered that if a textbox is bound to a date field, using the cursor up/down can change the day/month portion in increments of 1. I wonder what else is hidden in there :)

Mike