How do I initialise a date field in a dialogue or form?

[ptoye]

I have a dialogue (dialog?) with a date field, and I want to fill in today’s date before displaying it. So the macro which is displaying it has code like

  D=Now()
  oDateControl=odialog.GetControl("datDate")
REM This gives a runtime error "Object variable not set"
  oDateControl.Setdate(D)
REM This has no effect on the value of the Date field in the control
  oDateControl.Date.Day=Day(D)
  oDateControl.Date.Month=Month(D)
  oDateCOntrol.Date.Year=Year(D)

But neither of these work for the reasons in the comments. Sorry for the formatting, but the “CODE” button doesn’t seem to work properly.

[Ratslinger]

Edited for clarity. Please use Preformatted Text tool on toolbar for code.

[ptoye]

I tried to use Preformatted Text and it gave me what you originally saw! Don’t know why. Thanks for sorting it out.

[Ratslinger]

Sometimes you need to add spaces to the beginning of each line. Observe the Preview area before submitting. This will show the actual posting from your input.

[ptoye]

I did see the preview, but couldn’t find a way of getting properly formatted text.

[Ratslinger]

Change: oDateControl.Setdate(D) to oDateControl.View.setText(D).

Here are a couple of posts for reference:

Dialogs & Dates

Clearing Dates