>>How do I enforce a valid date on a textbox. The textbox is defined as char at the moment and in the init= thisform.textbox1.value=DATE() and
>>thisform.textbox1.Format='D' . However, I can enter bogus dates.
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>Simply make it bound to some date value. If u need character representation
>of it, you can keep it parallely stored in some property.
>Otherwise you hv to write complex validation proc for something that is already there for you.
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>2c
seems when I enter a wrong date like 09/55/2007, I am not allowed to correct it and it causes the app to hang.
ADDED: Actually, the obscure invalid date message message does appear only if the status bar is visible and barely noticed it only when it was.