Sheena,
Have you considered using a NULL value for the empty field? You may need to unbind the spinner from the field, and update the field in the valid() or lostfocus() code.

HTH
Barbara

>Hello:
>
>I'm using a spinner and I want the default to display blank on my form. If I use Z in format, this works fine however, I want
>the user to get a message if they enter nothing, as 0 is an option
>that can be entered.
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>If empty(client.depnts)
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> =messagebox("You have not entered the Dependents other than Spouse category for your client!", 48, "CATS")
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>Endif
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>So if they enter the value 0 they get this message but they shouldn't.
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>Any help would be appreciated.