Hi Eric,
>I would like to be able to set the date format only once in my application.
>So far, even if I set it in my startup program, I also need to put it in my forms base class. Is it, like the SET TALK command, specific by datasession?
Yes, SET DATE is scoped to the datasession. Take a look at VFP help for SET DATASESSION and it will show you all the commands scoped to a private datasession.
In the INIT of my baseform I SET all of the settings I'll need so they be set that way for every form I build.
HTH,
Jim Duffy
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