Hello Yuri Rubinov,

I just type

USE MyView

. Then, Vfp will ask for a date because I have set the condition in the view.
A friend told me to go to option setting and set strict date to 0. It works. However, why can't we keep the option (strict date to 1)?

Thanks in advance.
Jacky

> I cannot reproduce the behavior, so it is something in your code, I believe. How do you do it exactly "directly in command mode"?
>
>
> > Yuri Rubinov,
> > I tried {^2003-04-05}, but it does NOT work.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Jacky
> >
> > > Try {^2003-04-05} instead.
> > >
> > > > Hello, all
> > > > I have a local view that has a condition set: dRefDate <= ?thisform.RefDate
> > > > There is no problem when I open it with code. However, when I open it directly in command mode,
> > > > I enter a strict date {^2003-4-5} but it does not accept and say I must use strict date format. What's wrong?
> > > > How should we open it in command mode?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > Jacky