Hi, Allan.

>The user will set the date format once and not on a field by field basis.
>I will then 'set date' as you suggested.
>I don't want to do validation * in addition * to VFP - I want to validate
>* before/instead * of VFP.
>I was hoping that there was a built-in function or class that would allow me to mimic VFP date checking.

I understood that. I just can't imagine what kind of validation you want to do different from VFP's own.

Then you can try doing it in the InteractiveChange. Of course you should ignore the value until it is complete. Then you can apply any validation *before* the user tries to get out the field, thus triggering VFP valid.

Hope this helps,