>>Rather than trapping all the disallowed ones, it sounds like in Bob's case the code should be like
>>

* Allow only digit or uppercase alpha:
>>IF NOT ( BETW(nKeyPress,48,57) OR BETW(nKeyPress, 65, 90) )
>>    NODEFAULT
>>ENDIF

>>much simpler than a case for each non-allowed character, if I understood correctly that's what you were suggesting.
>>
>>My US$.02 (or less),
>
>Rich, Bob-
>That's what I thought, too, Rich, until I tried it. Can't do backspace, delete, or left/right arrow, hyphen... See what I mean? < s >

Ewwwww ... my (big) mistake.

Geez, this makes it pretty hard to do something that it seems would be a common need. There oughta be a format code for only letters and digits! Too bad "!A9" wouldn't work! Urg.

Cheers,