Textbox input reverts back to length of prior .value

[dbMark]

I'm modifying another's code. Two option buttons change the lengths for input in a separate textbox. One Opt changes maxlength to 9, width to 9, inputmask to "999999999", .value to "". It all works okay, for example "Length==9". Then the other Opt changes maxlength to 5, width to 5, inputmask to "99999", value to "". When data is input (such as "55555") the .value becomes "55555h==9". So strange since the .value had been set to an empty string.

That puzzled me for a long time but I've noticed that .Text appears accurate. This is new for me, does this mean that I must use .Text when dealing with a TextBox, rather than .Value?

 

[dbMark]

Well, I wrote too soon. The .Text property appears to be readonly. I'll try writing to .Value and reading from .Text to avoid the overlap of different data in .Value. The help section does say there are an assortment of variations using .Text and .Value with other property settings. I don't need to rework the whole thing, just fix this last issue.