>>I need to display numeric amounts in a grid
>>with dollar signs in fornt of them. I set the
>>format and input mask properties to $ but I'm not
>>seeing the dollar sign.
>>
>>Th field being displayed is from a view and it
>>IS numeric.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>
>Hmmm...this works for me: $,$$$ (for example) in input mask, but no format is needed.

Setting the column.sparse property to .F. may help..