>>>haha,
>>>
>>>It works for me: Format = 'D' ;-)
>>>
>>>Thread too long, far too long
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>>Ok, to summarize:
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>>1) If you set StrictDateEntry = 0 and format = "D" for the textbox, you can not edit the time portion, if your field is Datetime
> this works for me ;-) I can edit the time portion vfp6sp5
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Doesn't work in VFP8 SP1. Can somebody quickly test in VFP9? I may ask my colleague who has it on his computer. If it does, I'll scratch my almost working already solution and just use format "D".

>>2) If you try remove format and set StrictDateEntry = 0, you can type anything in the textbox
>>
>>3) If you put 99/99/9999 99:99:99 AM in the InputMask in the Property Sheet and set StrictDateEntry = 0 it works.
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> not if it knows it's going to be a date or datetime imo. Set the value to =eval('dtot({})') and see what it does if you enter the mask in the InputMask

Ok, I'll make a quick test.
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>>4) If you try to change InputMask programmatically, it leaves the InputMask empty. I would consider this as a bug.
> see (3)
>>I would really want to make 4 work!!!
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>Why ? if 1) works ??