I have a masked edit box which has a value of "8/30/2004", and when i
programically set the value to mskedbox1=date, the vb blows up with an
invalid property value error. any ideas? It works ok if i set
mskedbox1="08/30/2004", but I can't seem to get the date value into the box.
I've even tried using format(date,"Short Date") to no avail. Format and
mask properties of the box are set to ##/##/####

> I have a masked edit box which has a value of "8/30/2004", and when i
> programically set the value to mskedbox1=date, the vb blows up with an
> invalid property value error. any ideas? It works ok if i set
> mskedbox1="08/30/2004", but I can't seem to get the date value into
the box.
> I've even tried using format(date,"Short Date") to no avail. Format
and
> mask properties of the box are set to ##/##/####

Don't set the Format property (only set the Mask property) and ***ign
the Date this way...

mskedbox1.Text = Format$(Date, "mm/dd/yyyy")

Note that I specify the Text property rather than ***ume VB will apply
it as the default property. Do so will make reading your code much
easier six months to a year from now when you (or, if you are working in
a company, the person ***igned to the task) have to modify your code. As
for the form of the Format function's specification string... it much
match the format of the Mask property character for character (that
means leading zeroes must be preserved).

Rick - MVP

Thanks. That worked.

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> > I have a masked edit box which has a value of "8/30/2004", and when i
> > programically set the value to mskedbox1=date, the vb blows up with an
> > invalid property value error. any ideas? It works ok if i set
> > mskedbox1="08/30/2004", but I can't seem to get the date value into
> the box.
> > I've even tried using format(date,"Short Date") to no avail. Format
> and
> > mask properties of the box are set to ##/##/####
>
> Don't set the Format property (only set the Mask property) and ***ign
> the Date this way...
>
> mskedbox1.Text = Format$(Date, "mm/dd/yyyy")
>
> Note that I specify the Text property rather than ***ume VB will apply
> it as the default property. Do so will make reading your code much
> easier six months to a year from now when you (or, if you are working in
> a company, the person ***igned to the task) have to modify your code. As
> for the form of the Format function's specification string... it much
> match the format of the Mask property character for character (that
> means leading zeroes must be preserved).
>
> Rick - MVP
>