>In a textbox with controlsource=dbf.mydate and with set notify on if the input is wrong a 'invalid date' message appears in the right top corner of the screen: I want to show my message (in my language) in the center of the screen: I tryed with set message to CENTER to centre at least the message but it does not work… Any ideea? Thanx

Try using the Error Event for the textbox. You could find out what the error number is for the message you want to intercept and put your own message in there. Use the MessageBox() function for your own message in the centre of the screen.