Eric,
Thanks for your link. I also found another link at Code Project (this one seems more compleete and written in c#)
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/maskededit.asp

Einar

>Have a look at http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/maskedbox_control.asp
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>>I must say that I really enjoy working with C# but there is one property I really miss for the textbox control: the inputmask.
>>Has anyone attempted (and succeeded) in creating a custom textbox control with a property similar to VFP's inputmask?
>>If not I just might have create something like it <s>