>>>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I decided to update my VFPStart program to allow automatically insert my initials and date in the short format, e.g.:
>>>>>>

>>>>>>* Insert modidate
>>>>>>on key label f3 keyboard 'Nadya Nosonovsky '+ttoc(datetime()) plain && Insert modidate
>>>>>>on key label Alt+U keyboard 'Updated:NN: '+dtoc(date()) plain && Insert modidate

>>>>>>
>>>>>>However, I want to to have dates like 02/02/02, etc. , is where a simple way besides substr() or changing set century back and forth?
>>>>>
>>>>>

STRTRAN(dtoc(date()), "200", "0")

for the next 7 years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Not a general one, anyway, I think, this would be enough for now :)
>>>>I removed / because separators could be different for different set date formats
>>>
>>>Here's generic. For time add + " " + Time()

Substr(Dtos(Date()),5,2) + "/" + Right(Dtos(Date()),2) + "/" + Substr(Dtos(Date()),3,2)

>>
>>I knew it, but it's too mach typing... :)
>>================================================
>>BTW, I better change my key to assign on ALT+Q key.
>>
>>Is it possible to do the same in a macro?
>
>Why don't you use COB Editor Extensions (CEE) for VFP 6.0 (4 March 1999) from http://www.cobsystem.com/freetool.htm ? It saves a lot of typing and you can code your own shortcuts.

Thanks for the link. I'll look at it.

Who is working the shift today? :)