decimal point in form

[foxup]

Hi,

I have a form where a user enters an amount in a TEXTbox field. I want him to simply enter 9.95 (if it $9.95) but now he must enter 09.95. How do I have so that he doesn;t have to enter the 0 and so that when he presses the deciaml, it kinda "knows" that he pressed the deciaml so it "formats it properly

Maybe I'm missing something??? My brain is on 'vacation" mode. sorry.

any help needed please.


Thanks,
FOXUP!

 

[Dan Freeman]

If you bind the control to a numeric field you get this behavior for free (unless you've diddled with other stuff that conflicts).

What's your .ControlSource? .Format? .InputMask?

What else have you set?

 

[foxup]

.format = 99.99
.inputmask = 99.99

.controlsource is nothing because I just want the user to enter a value in that textbox.

please help.

thanks,
FOXUP!

 

[Mike Lewis]

Foxup,

Set the .Value property to 0 (the number zero, not a string "0"). Do that either in the control's Init or at design time. That will force it to be numeric, and you should then get the desired behaviour.

If you don't want the zero to appear when the control is empty, set its Format to Z (not to 99.99 as you are doing at present).

Mike

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[foxup]

doesn't work. what do i set the .input mask to ?

 

[Mike Lewis]

Set the properties as follows:

InputMask 99.99

Format Z

Value 0

Works for me.

Mike

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[foxup]

HMMM... works good now. weird. Thank you.