Michael, you can also prevent the focus from jumping to the next control by using the SET CONFIRM command.


>Jos,
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>Because I didn't find anything else, in my case it is the way to extend a number of chars that can be typed, since otherwise ( for InputMask none ) I just jump to other field on a form after typing a number of chars which slightly exceeds combobox width ( additional 3-4 characters after horisontal scrolling).
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>>Michael, InputMask is the way to restrict number of chars that can be typed. VFP string literal limit is 255.
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>>>What determines the maximum number of symbols which can be typed in a combobox. Is the only way to impose limit 256 ( we can't have more ? ) to type 256 'X' in InputMask. Otherwise it seems to be dependent on current control width.
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>>>Thank you.
>>>Michael