Ok, thanks!

>>But with SET DATE SHORT, you enter say 01-01-0100, VFP throws and error and there is apparently no
>>way to trap it. I tried catching it in VALID and the error occurs before VALID gets called.
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>I reported this particular problem, so they are aware of it.
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>Can you do anything with ON READERROR? That would trap an invalid date in earlier versions of FoxPro, but I'm not sure what it will do in a form with READ EVENTS.