Eric,

Thanks for the idea. I ran into a problem though. I set the datafield to a SQL server database field of type char length 14. When I run the program I get a message stating that the textbox cannot be bound to the field. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Jim

>>Hello,
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>> I have a textbox that the user enters a phone number into. I know in VFP I can format what is entered with the inputmask property. Is there a property for the same thing in VB?
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>You can try the MaskEdit control which works well for phone number.