>>>With a datetime/date value VFP It doesn't accept an inputmask.
>>>
>>The inputmask is set in design time, so the textbox doesn't know yet what it would be datetime or date.
>>
>>Anyway, is there a way to have the LOOSE data entry also have it formatted correctly?
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>Where is the issue ?
>
>You can show a date or a datetime.
>You cannot show a datepart or a timepart of a datetime.

I want to show the datetime (all parts) and I want to be able to change every portion. However, when I start to change something on the unbound textbox, the \ \ characters start moving, they don't stay on the position 2 and 4 as they should.