>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)?

Sparse should be .t. if you want a specific control of yours to be in each row, otherwise it's active in current row only.

There's some snag in VFP's textbox if the inputmask contains commas. My trick was to just remove those commas in .gotfocus and restore them in the .lostfocus of the textbox. I have a .savemask property, so

* gotfocus
this.savemask=this.inputmask
this.inputmask=chrtran(this.inputmask, ",", "")

* lostfocus
this.inputmask=this.savemask