>>>>>>>>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 :-}
>
>
>;-)

Well, to be fair, it *looked* big enough - lot of left side white space :-{