Okay so I can

SET DATE TO dmy

in my form.load() and all the textboxes in this form or it's child classes (of the form as well as textboxes, even if in the grid) will show the date as we want it?

>What I meant was :
>I never play with textbox.dateformat
>Instead I code :
>
>set date to dmy
>set century on
>etc
>
>In form.load or in DE.BeforeOpenTables (load nicer to me because I can directly code it in mybase form class)
>
>These and more 'set's are scoped to current datasession. That's why I do it per form (datasession is likely to be private).
>So if it's a subclassed textbox or base textbox (provided didn't play with DateFormat property in anyone of them) my dates display correctly (Sparse=.t. would display from base, and when it has focus from subclassed).
>
>Cetin
>
>>Set sparse=.f. and then it looks okay. Recently with your help I was able to solve the format and inputmask problem (I want to avoid sparse as far as possible).
>>
>>Any suggestions.
>>
>>>>Hi all
>>>>
>>>>I have this grid which has a date textbox in it. The Date Text Box has been defined as D/M/Y but as soon as it looses focus the date in the column reverts to M/D/Y, which is confusing here,
>>>>
>>>>Please advise.
>>>
>>>Sounds like sparse=.t.
>>>However control the date setting at form level (ie:from form.load)
>>>Cetin