>I have an inputmask on a form set to 999 but it will not allow a minus sign. The control source is a c(3) table field. Help says that and inputmask of 9 should allow minus sign. What is up?

Thats for a Numeric Data Type, I think, which will work. In a character data type it has to be a digit. If you'll notice, it won't allow a decmial place either.