Thanks Craig,

that stops the message displaying, but how do I trap for an invalid date and display my own message?

>SET NOTIFY OFF
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>has anyone ever tried to get rid of the VFP "Invalid Date" message that gets displayed when a user enters an invalid date in a date textbox and replace it with one of their own?
>>
>>I'd appreciate any ideas.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Frank