Al,

The "R" in the format code did the trick ! Interestingly, I did not have the "R" in my VFP3 version, yet it acted as though the "R" were there. VFP6 was not as forgiving.

Thanks.

>One way to handle this is:
>
>- use a C(10) field to store the number
>- use 999-999-9999 as the Inputmask (as you've already done)
>- use "R" as the Format code (ignore input mask). This causes the value to be stored in the field without the hyphens.
>
>>I have a TextBox for a phone number whose InputMask property reads '999-999-9999'.
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>>Under VFP3 this TextBox allowed the user to key in 2124567890 and it would display as 212-456-7890. The Value of the TextBox also would read '212-456-7890'.
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>>Now that I've upgraded the app to VFP6, the TextBox does not allow anything to be entered after the first 3 digits (e.g. 212).
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>>I can't find any documentation in either VFP3 or VFP6 that says you can use the hyphen in the InputMask the way I did. In fact, I can't remember what pocessed me to do it in the first place. Had I simply stumbled upon something undocumentated that worked under 3.0, but not under 6.0 ?
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>>- Werner