For example, I just want the user to type in a 6 digit number, but I want the user to see: __#__#__
(where the __ is two spaces).
If I were to just use - in place of #, VFP would happily display __-__-__. So if I could simply let VFP know the # is an actual character (and not some special formating character), everything would be fine. Any thoughts?

-jam :)