Thanks - I'm on the right track now. A bit of a problem as these controls on in a grid, but I think I'll figure it out.

bill


>>I have a database where all the dates are stored as C fields, yyyymmdd.
>>
>>I need a _Textbox class that will display the date as mm/dd/yyyy and accept
>>dataentry in that format then switch it back to yyymmdd b4 the tableupdate.
>>
>>I would appreciate any suggestions as to ways to accomplish it, is it
>>perhaps a part of some user libs here?
>>thanks all
>>
>>bill
>
>Leave textbox controlsource empty and set it value to {} (so it would be date textbox). In it's refresh put this.value = ConvertCharToDate(myTable.myCharDField)
>
>in its lostfocus put
>replace myCharDField with dtos(this.value)