I seem to have some date/time text-boxes that when edited the cursor behaves as if overwrite is on (old text is overwritten as new text is typed), and other text-boxes that behave as if overwrite is off (new text is inserted). What is the property that controls this? Is it somehow related to the input-mask?

Yes ... it is the input mask ... I find that "feature" of the input mask is quite bothersome ... so much so I don't use them any more.

Brent
datAdrenaline

Could you elaborate please. I can't figure out what in the input-mask makes it only sometimes behave this way.

This is what I find in the help file:

But I have some input masks that behave this way, and some that don't.

Force the cursor to go where you want it with code ...

RDH

Dave,

Have you found the answer to your thread. I have the same problem with access 2000.
It was working fine before.
Since we upgraded to XP, I think it could be due to that, or maybe something in the computer settings.

Cursor behavior is:
If you type 12 the 2 will write over the 1, unless you manually use the right arrow key between each character entry.

Thanks

G