Hi,

Taking Al's idea, what if you try using the "value" property instead of the "controlsource" property? You could place code to set up this property's value in the "init" event of your form.

HTH,

>Ok Thanks Al but setting seconds Off does not force de displayed value in the
>textbox and to set the controlsource of a textbox to TTOD(tDateTime) is not allowed because the value for this property may be a variable reference...
>
>Any other idea?
>
>TIA again
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>>>If you SET SECONDS OFF the seconds portion of a DateTime will not display.
>>>If you want to display just the date portion, set the controlsource to be
>>>TTOD(tDateTime).
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>>Hi
>>Anybody knows how to display a datetime value in one textbox as date?...
>>This is due i have one table with one datetime field, and using the >controlsource whith in it, it displays the seconds, but i dont want to display >the seconds in it, so if you can helpme with this ill be very happy...
>>I try in various manners without succes:
>>Format
>>ImputMask
>>Putting code in various methods
>>TIA