>>>>I have *lots* of fields that are B(16)
>>>>
>>>>If I want to display that number rounded to the fourth decimal, for example, in a textbox what are my options for formatting the display ( assuming not just creating a dummy display field and converting the number )
>>>>
>>>>Seems there should be an easy trick to it, but I'm not seeing a format that looks right and I can't use an input mask for display - or can I ?
>>>
>>>Why not ?
>>>Perhaps transform() function might be helpful as well.
>>>
>>>Hey, You better be careful ! Where you are at, one nasty bug might cost world economy trillions of dollars.
>>>Uuuups... There goes another 500pts plunge ... {g}
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>>Yes, friends and family have noticed that since I have been consulting at Dow Jones the index has not been ... climbing <g>
>>
>>But the software I am redesigning hasn't gone into production yet, so if I am lucky the release will coincide with the up that will eventually come after the down.
>>
>>Or maybe I'll just build something in to make it *look* like an up, anyway <bg>
>
>with a stand alone textbox you can put the code into the textbox refresh method:
>

>textbox::Refresh && load the value
>this.InputMask = ICASE(m.this.value=CONDITION1,MASK1,CONDITION2,MASK2....)
>NODEF
>

>
>on grid the dynamicInputMask is not stable
>then you can work with dynamicCurrentControl
>o another other dynamic expression.

Thanks. I have been away from VFP for a while and especially in UI I have forgotten a lot of the techniques.