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Have you tried the masked edit box? It's a M$ product so it ought to be installed with VB. Check the Components window.
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Have you tried the masked edit box? It's a M$ product so it ought to be installed with VB. Check the Components window.

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yeah...i seem to have overlooked that.<br />
Thanx
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yeah...i seem to have overlooked that.
Thanx

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MaskEdit.Mask = &quot;#.###.###.###&quot;<br />
Wonderful little thing...saves pages of if's and other jumbled code.
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MaskEdit.Mask = "#.###.###.###"
Wonderful little thing...saves pages of if's and other jumbled code.

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upgraded to &quot;A&quot; as requested in <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qShow.jsp?ta=visualbasic&qid=20156118" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qShow.jsp?ta=visualbasic&qid=20156118</a>
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upgraded to "A" as requested in https://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qShow.jsp?ta=visualbasic&qid=20156118 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qShow.jsp?ta=visualbasic&qid=20156118]

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I have this problem. I write a financial software for an italian firm. In Italy thay have big numbers and they are used to put points to delimitate the number. Like: 1.000.000 is one million. Now..I have to write a routine that automatically formats the number to that format. I implemented a format routine that formats after I leave the text-box (in LostFocus event), but the client wants the formating to appera as he types the number. That is, when he typed the fourth digit a point to appear automatically. &nbsp; <br />
I tried to do this but I was unable to. Is it posible? And how?
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I have this problem. I write a financial software for an italian firm. In Italy thay have big numbers and they are used to put points to delimitate the number. Like: 1.000.000 is one million. Now..I have to write a routine that automatically formats the number to that format. I implemented a format routine that formats after I leave the text-box (in LostFocus event), but the client wants the formating to appera as he types the number. That is, when he typed the fourth digit a point to appear automatically.   
I tried to do this but I was unable to. Is it posible? And how?

Formating in a text box

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