I'm trying to display charachers in the input mask, but they are input mask format characters ('L, X, R, etc...) and it will not allow me just to display the
characters. For example, we have a 6 characher expression. The first 2 characters will always be an
"XL" and then there will be four numbers, but as soon
as we enter the "XL" VFP treats them as format
characters. I hope this is clear. Any help will be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks