Dave,

>I am using the mmTextBox control on a mmBusinessForm and I cannot get the Format property to work. I would like to format a Date type field as short date so I entered a “d” in the format property, but it still shows the date and time when running the form. How do I make a date with a time show as only a short date?
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>In Appendix D, there is a list of the different commands that can be used in the Format property. This looks like the same list as found in .NET, but I am not sure. Anyway my question is, if you use the format command "d", how does it know whether you want a decimal format or a short date format? Why is there overlap?

The format strings listed in Appendix D of the MM.NET Dev Guide are specific to a particular data type...some apply to Numeric fields, some apply to DateTime fields. Try this with the mmTextBox in the MM.NET sample application. Add a text box to the Properties tab of the Customer Orders form and set the following properties:

BindingSource: Orders
BindingSourceMember: OrderDate
Format: d

You should see a short date displayed in this text box at run time.

Best Regards,