>Can someone give me the proper way to input a date into the built in dialog box that prompts for input when trying to browse a view in design mode? I have tried various combos like {^2002-01-01} or CTOD("01/01/2001") etc. and all I get are operator/operand mismatches and ambiguous date complaints no matter what I try. If I set my input variable from the Command Window with any of the above forms it flies like a champ. What does this dialog box want? Thanks.

Jim,
Combos ? If so dtoc() since combo values are always char type.
If combos mean combinations < g > then make sure your parameter is date type. {^2000/1/1} would work).
Cetin