>I have five numberic fields that have all different InputMasks eg.
>9999.9, 99999.9, 9999999.9.
>
>If you enter one the other multiply the results into their own fields, however,
>the results could be longer than the inputmask allows and therefore you can get
>'****.*' in the result.
>
>There must be a simple way of curtailing the input but not the display output ?
>
>I am sure I have missed something simple, or it just a late night
>
>Anyone awake !

Why not increase the InputMask so it matches the possible calculation result?