>I would like an edit field that shows commas and decimal points in an amount field. The number of decimal places needs to be changed in real time.
>As the user types in an amount, it should display commas as required. Data entry should only be from the right handside of the field.
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>Note: the Input mask property on Edit boxes leaves commas even though numbers have not been entered.
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You mean textbox, don't you? You could try changing the inputmask as data is entered with Interactive change, some things are possible with that. Anyway, if all else fails, you can always use a char variable and do your own conversion function...that always works with varying degrees of difficulty.