Hi

Mybe you can let them enter data in the first column, number of spaces in the second column and show the result in the third uneditable column?

>
>Here is my case. I got a grid with two columns, the controlsource of
>the first column is established with a character field (size 124), on the
>second one the controlsource correspond to a numeric field. what i want
>to do is to 'notch' the values of the first column according to the
>values of the second one and at the same time being able to modify the
>value of the first field, for example:

> firstCol1       secondCol
>    X0001           2
>  X0002             0
>     X0003          3
>         x0004      7

>I have acchieved that by establishing the next code in the dynamicinputmask
>propertie of the column1:
>
>column1.dynamicinputmask=space(table.secondfield)+table.firstfield
>
>But my problem is that i can't modify the value of the first column.
>In order to achieve the above I've tried to execute the next code
>when the textbox get the focus (it doesn't matter that when i try to modify
>the value of the field, the inputask of the textbox be none):
>
>*this.parent.dynamicinputmask=[]
>this.format=[]
>this.inputmask=[]
>
>and this when it loses:
>
>this.parent.dynamicinputmask=space(table.secondfield)+table.firstfield
>
>But no good result so far. I've tried to put the above code in several
>events of the textbox (click, programmaticchange, mousedown, etc)
>but I haven't been able to get what i want (probably, I haven't made the right
>combination).
>
>In case we solve this problem (which i hope), how I can reduce the size of the firstfield and at the same time increase the number of posible 'notches' on it. So far, the max number of 'notches' that I got is 124, but i'd like to get a higher number and reduce the size of the first field as well.
>
>thanks in advance