>>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.
You have a very good point there. Be a Pre. member and download the
universal thread nav. You problems will be over.
HTH :))