>thnks all. that pretty answers my question.
>for clarification it is a .dbf file and when trying to modify the structure (using table designer) i noticed that i could
>not access the option on the right hand side under display it reads 'format' then ''input mask''.
>seemed odd to me.


Karen,

If you

use table excl

then

modi struct

lets you access the values on the right hand side


>
>k
>
>>>is there a way of accessing the input mask of a field using the modify structure route.
>>>i would like to impose lower case+3digit for the format of a field. right now errors arise when operator enters upper case and i can only catch it on post auto reviews of the database entries. accessing the table is done through browse.
>>>thanks
>>>
>>>k
>>
>>What do you mean by InputMask of the field? Is your table part of the database?
>>
>>You can set InputMask programmatically in form's Init for the textbox.
>> Tore also wrote: But you can't force lower case, without adding some code.