>Hilmar,
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>Back in the late eighties, I decided that since there were two ways to use an input mask for numeric input (the other is "99:99"), I'd differentiate how I'd use them.
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>If the control source was, indeed, numeric, then I'd use the "#" character. If, however, the control source was actually text, such as a zip code or, in your case, a time, then I'd use "9".
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>This gives me the advantage of knowing, simply by looking at the mask, what data type the control source is.
The thing I found really weird was how VFP reacted to my (admittedly invalid) InputMask, "00:00". The form ran normally up to a certain point, but when I clicked or tabbed into the time field, the focus jumped to the next object in the TabOrder! So, I couldn't even select the object.
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