>>>Naomi, while we are looking at this, could you explain me what's is wrong with standard VFP 'invalid date' message?
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>>Well, it's something easy to overlook since it's a wait window. Also it may be inconvenient for international applications. I prefer to have full control.
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>How is it possible to overlook if user cannot go out of the box?

Poor user <g>

BTW, see http://forum.foxclub.ru/read.php?29,257700,257707#msg-257707 <g>