>Here is the whole class code. Can you make it behave when lDateTime is set to true and it's unbound?
>

Right.

I see a contradiction here.

You want a StrictDateEntry = 0 ( Loose )
but you want a Strict Datetime format.

With Loose the text become a free text and you can write
a free text ( ambaraba cicci cocco ... )

Inputmask is ignored
and with Format "D" i see a bug.

Then ?