Try

control.format = "R"
control.inputmask = 'XA99999999'

Glenn

>>instead of putting it in the input mask, you can try it in the format (@A)
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>Hi Evelyn,
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>I Don't see how that would work.
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>What I want is an InputMask of 'SA99999999' with the A as an actual 'A'.
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>Marshal