>Hello All,
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>I am a little press for time so I need some advice. Which would be the best method to take control of user entered values in a textbox? In other words, I want to convert what was entered to one character to be used as an inputmask elsewhere.
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>TIA
>Michael

Take a look at InteractiveChange event of a textbox.
It occurs when the user changes the value of a control using the keyboard or the mouse.