Input Mask, Autotab Problem

[mamandeno]

I am trying to speed up a data entry form, by adding input masks and autotabs.


Box1 is a text code made up of two required letters followed by two required digits. The underlying feild is a text field, the field list surce ins a text field in another table

I am using LL00 as the input mask

It won't work.


Also, is it possible to make a combo box auto tab? This would save users quite a few keystrokes per day.

Mike

 

[missinglinq]

What do you mean by "It won't work?"

 

[mamandeno]

It overwrites characters 1 & 2 with 3 & 4

Ie if I enter PR21

I get (keystrokes in brackets)

(P) P
(R) PR
(2) 2R
(1) 21

and then it tells me the data doesn't match the mask.

I have since found out I can't use autotab on a combo box any way, so there may be no purpose to the input mask, since validation can be acheived by limiting to list.