>Hi Mike,
>
>> I'd change that to lose the ctod(). In the init of the form.
>
>> THISFORM.txtStartDate.Value = {//}
>> THISFORM.txtEndDate.Value = {//}
>
>In my form, I set the textbox.Format = 'D'. Can I put the above in textbox.Value properties instead of [None]? Please advice.

That only tells the textbox to format the CHARACTER output to look like a date. It would be better to do this in the init of each: THIS.VALUE = {//}