Hmmm, that doesn't work either ... I wonder if I've got something else set somewhere that's affecting this. In the meantime, however, I've just removed the inputmask altogether, which isn't as functional, but at least it works.

Thanks

>PMFJI
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>[1] Format = "R", ImputMask "9,999,999"
>[2] Nothing at all
>[3] My guess, no, but try it anyway (I don't remember)
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>HTH
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>>Could you be a little more specific?
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>>I guess I should have been as well, as I didn't indicate that I removed the default textbox and added my own. So my questions include:
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>>[1] What do I set the inputmask and format for the column?
>>[2] What do I set the inputmask and format for my textbox?
>>[3] Does the setting of sparse=.f. affect this somehow?
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>>Thanks
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>>Hi James R,
>>I believe you'll get what you want if you set the Format property to R.
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>>>Something easy I'm missing here ...
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>>>I have a numeric column in a grid. I'd like the values to display using a value for inputmask of '9,999,999'.
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>>>However, the user can modify the data in this column, and the inputmask really screws things up when the user tries using the keyboard.
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>>>So, I'll looking for the way to set the inputmask so that it applies for each row, unless the user is editing the value, in which case I want to discard the inputmask. Somehow, this seems related to "sparse" (which is .F. is my example)?
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>>>Thanks