Hi Peter,

>I had to play with the VAL of the value because it immediately converted input to a string.

Hmm, try the format property or use the textboxes builder (right-click the TB and choose builder) and that should go away.

>Is there a way to cause the field to clear when you type for the first time in the field? Might make user input a bit easier and quicker.

Actually, there have been a handful of discussions on this in the last couple days. I can't remeber what the solutions were, but you can do a search to find it. I think you just set SelStart = 0 and SelLength = LEN(this.Value) or something like that in GotFocus. Also check the files section.