>>In the Format Property, the "!" DOES affect the entire field, but in the InputMask it's per-character.
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>Thanks, I didn't know that. Now is there a shortcut to typing (in my case) 29 "X's" after the "!"? I have a 30 character name field?

"!"+repl("X",29) in the expression builder, or type seven Xes, copy and then paste them three times, add one... couldn't think on anything easier. Type five, paste five times, delete one?

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