Did you try removing the "set mark" command and using "SET DATE ITALIAN" ?

Jaime

>Something probably quite trivial.
>
>I think dates show up better with a date mark of "-", rather than "/".
>In my forms I have a default of:
> Set Date British
> Set Mark to "-"
>
>Each date field on forms has props: DateFormat = 13 (short) and DateMark = "-"
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>I've just noticed that when there is no date in a field, " - - " appears on the form. But, if the field contains a date then like "02/02/2005" appears.
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>Now, either this has just started to happen or has always been like that, which I doubt, cos I would have pursued it earlier. Without looking at all my forms I can't say that this is universally the case.
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>Recently gone to XP Sp2 if that has any bearing on it.
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>Any ideas?
>
>'ppreciate it
>
>Terry