You are still going to get the dash in your value. You'll need to strip it out prior to storing it.

>Never Mind - I figured it out - FYI
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>Input mask of '333-9999' and format of '999-9999' did the trick,
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>Thanks to those who helped
>
>>Hi,
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>>I need an input mask / format combination that acomplishes the following in a bound textbox:
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>>-- 333-##### is general form (# are all numbers)
>>-- when entering field, user should be able to start typing numbers and they should go in the # spots
>>-- the "333" is not changeable - but is stored with the value
>>-- the dash should not be stored
>>
>>TIA!