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,