Hi Jane.
Check to see if there is anything in the Format property of the control. A "D" will specify Date format.

HTH
Michael M. Emmons

>I have the first txtbox on my form with control source set to none. In the init I say THISFORM.txtSource.Value=space(30)
>
>When I run the form, it will take only a date in this txtbox. WHY???
>I've tried setting the input mask to characters but it does nothing.
>
>Thanks