Hi all

John solutions it is only the possible one.

I use it for save and show much strange data formats
( example data, time, percent, etc )

It is slow ( _access is 10 x times slow but 10-100 times fast of ActiveX control), but you can to intercept the writings of VFP in ControlSource before the Valid.

With this method they can be seen every time that VFP reads and writes on the controlsource; of these many are useless.

You can debug intricate situations and to preview many possible problems.

Fabio