Q. Format Date in VB4 I want to set the date entry format to mm/dd/yyyy in my all forms but I am not able to do it so. A. On the format question try this: Text1.Text = Format$(Text1.Text,"mm/dd/yyyy") (23-Jul-98 DBotkin voelker@erinet.com) A. You might look into using the Masked Edit Control. To add it to a project (This works in VB5. I do not know about VB4.) select Components from the Project menu then check the box next to its listing. It will then be a pick on the toolbar. This control allows for restriction of data based on a mask. (23-Aug-98 Lila Godel lila.godel@cpacfo.com