you can use the Intellisense manager to create this.
I use it all the time like this:

LPARAMETER oFoxCode

local lcRetVal, lcDate

oFoxcode.valuetype = "V"
lcDate = dtos(date())
lcDate = left(lcDate, 4) + '/' + substr(lcDate,5,2) + '/' + right(lcDate,2)
lcRetVal = "* Fixed by Ed DG " + lcDate + " "

return lcRetVal

>Is there a way within the VFP IDE to define a key so that when I press it (or key/comibination) that it will insert something like:
>
>*!* Modification
>*!* 07/29/2006
>*!*
>
>Where the date is replaced with the value of date()
>
>Thanks
>
>Kirk