>Currently if I allowed users to put 25 characters in a field, I would have to define in the input mask the following:
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>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>Is there an easier way to define input masks instead of me repeating the "!" character 25 times. Help appreciated
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>Nick Patel

Nick, put the following or similar expression ito your .InputMack property

=EVAL('REPLICATE("X",25)')

(I am not sure why you are using "!" for your inputmask. If you want all characters to be entered in uppercase you need to place just one ! into .Format property along with the necessary inputmask settings)