>>>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..

Right, I forgot to mention that darn sparse property...