Have you tried putting "0000" as the value property.

>Hi, I want to show '0000' in a text box as the default value for a text box which should be holding a string, not a numeric value. However, even though I put in XXXX as the input mask, if I put 0000 in the Value field for the default, it truncates to just 0 (zero).
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>As a point of interest if I put in 999-99-9999 as the input mask, and 000-00-0000 as the value, I get a nicely formatted ssn field. I suppose that is because the hyphens force the field to be a string.
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>Sigh.
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>any ideas?
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>thanks. Hope everyone is enjoying DevCon! I know I would be if I were there.....
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>---- Larry