>>>The others have given the most and probably best ideas. But one other possibility is to place a small label control in front of the numeric textbox and set its caption to be "+" or "-" depending on the value. Might be ugly, but just aanother idea.
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>>Thanks, I'm sure I'll be able to use this idea elsewhere in my app.
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>On problem. It might look pretty nasty, and certainly not the best solution in this case, but I figured it would give some food for thought. :-)

Oops, meant "No" problem. World renowned typist. :-)