>Hi!
>
>Is there a possibility avoiding the error message when a user enters a date below 1601-01-01 ?
>
>Obviouly our Error Handler does not quite function and the program loses focus and has to be reactivated afterwards.
>
>In VFP6 there was no error shown.

SET SYSFORMATS OFF && and never turn on

ie: Config.fpw
SYSFORMATS=OFF
Cetin