Nancy,

>Ugh. Nothing is jumping out at me, with one, probably unrelated, exception: >Column11, if the control source is a date type, doesn't need or want the >Format or InputMask you have set.

I put the format and inputmask in out of desperation. They had no effect on the fields.

>Are payment.recert_date and payment.act_termdate date type fields?

Yes they are both date fields

>Are you using a framework?

Yes we are using Visual Extend.

>What version of VFP are you using? If 6.0 have you applied service pack 3?

Yes we are using VFP 6.0 with Service pack 3 installed

>Column 10 and 11 are the ones having the problems

Yes Columns 10 and 11 are the only ones having the problem. The other 3 date fields work just fine.

Thanks
Bill