You can use Nulls instead of empty dates which will make your data compatible with Sql Server and the rest of the world. It'll also allow to use NullDisplay property of textbox or SET NULLDISPLAY command to control how it should be displayed.

>I'd like to use it TEXTBOX.FORMAT="Z" in date fields, like numeric fields...
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>I try it in VFP 8 and it do not work yet...
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>Anyone could help me? ...
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>I'd like to see the textbox completely empty when the value of a date field is empty {}...
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>[]s!