>>>Hi Bruce.
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>>>What about using the DynamicFore and BackColor properties to turn colors to White on White if EMPTY(date)? You could always re-enable the normal colors on GotFocus.
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>>That seemed like a great idea, until I went to implement it. I also have DynamicBack & Fore colors for highlighting, and the column change has a conflict - one dynamic change "overwrites" the other (depending on which way they're ordered)...
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>Bruce,
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>How about DynamicCurrentControl? Maybe you could have a control not bound to anything.

Yes, I thought of that...I was hoping for some quick Format idea, maybe :)

Probably easiest, though it'll cause some re-work in a few places, is to just put the dates into grid cursor using IIF(empty(date),empty string,DTOC(date)), since it doesn't need to be editable here...