>>>>>Should be simple but I'm rusty..
>>>>>
>>>>>In a Form.Init() I create a cursor:

CREATE CURSOR xxx (
>>>>>    MyField N(6,1)
>>>>>)
>>>>>APPE BLANK

If I open this in a browse window I can enter data as expected (e.g. typing '12345' gives '1234.5').
>>>>>In the form I have a textbox with DataSource = xxx.MyField.
>>>>>If I enter the same keystrokes here I get '1.24' and it tabs to the next item.
>>>>>
>>>>>What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>>It should be ControlSource, but I assume this is a typo.
>>>
>>>Yup, sorry - typo.
>>>
>>>>Check what is InputMask property of this TextBox.
>>>
>>>I'm not setting it in the designer and it's an empty string at runtime....
>>
>>Try to set Value of this TextBox to 0.0 before settinmg the ControlSource:
>>

>>thisform.TextBox.Value = 0.0
>>thisform.TextBox.ControlSource = "xxx.MyField"
>>

>
>If either of those run before the cursor has been created I get Error 5 (Record is out of range)
>If after then still makes no difference to the UI...


I would create the cursor in the Load() of the form rather than in the Init()