>Jim,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I had created the
>text box
>by dragging the field from the data environment.
>This
>produces an object based on the default class. I
>tried
>creating another base text box manually and then
>associating
>it with the date field. No difference.
> I noticed a century setting in the
>International Options,
>and I turned that on. Still no 4 digit year.
> The answer turned out to be putting SET
>CENTURY ON in
>the form Init. Setting century in the command
>window or in
>Options doesn't seem to affect a form when it is
>run.
> There is much about FoxPro that remains for me
>to learn.
>
>
>Jim

SET CENTURY ON affects just the current Data session. You'll have to pur SET CENTURY ON in all the form you will do.

Sonny
CHCA Informatique