>I put an "R" in FORMAT and 999-99-999 in INPUTMASK. >Works good for data entry, but it does not >print out with that format. When I tried to use >a picture clause in vfp50 I got an error message saying >"Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword" >I am using ... ??? my.ssn picture '@999-99-9999'. >any ideas? For printing, ? ssn pict "@R 999-99-999". Good old xBase style :) p.s. Rob, could you do me a personal favor? My phone switcher, somewhere in the city, is 25 years old, and I have tough time downloading the messages. I'd largely appreciate it if you could quote just the related parts of the message you reply to. It's nice to be polite, but I really ain't happy to see I've downloaded 8K more because you said thanks to someone. Today I was lucky, managed to achieve some 70K per minute (on a 33600 modem!) and the connection broke when I've already downloaded all. On some other days I'm lucky if I connect at 14400 and the connection holds long enough. TIA and NHF.