>>>>Nadya,
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>>>>Thanks, but the situation is quite different. Your case was that you wanted an unbound TextBox, I want a bound textbox, but, even though it is bound to a Character field, I would rather have standard numeric input.
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>>>>Since all the workarounds seem to be fairly complicated, I will just change it to an unbound TextBox.
>>>>
>>>>Hilmar.
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>>>I was just reviewing this thread again. I want to be able to insert the number in the numeric field, so if it was, say,
>>>
>>>4790.25 and I put the cursor at the 0 and type 1 I want it to become 47910.25 and not 4791.25 as it does currently.
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>>You can add Insmode(.T.)
>
>Sorry, it doesn't seem to work.

That's strange, insmode(.t.) is the same as pressing the insert key when insmode()=.F. What happens when you do it the other way, meaning when you press Insert key before entering 1?