>>>>>>>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()
>
>DUH. Textbox wasn't wide enough. Guess I was expecting it to 'scroll'
>
>Thx to all for the attempts against my stupidity :-}


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