Calendar thingy for inputting dates

[S2000magician]

I have a number of forms in which I need the user to input a date. I have a standard example Access file from Microsoft in which a calendar thingy appears for a text box that wants a date, but I cannot figure out how to get that in my form.



It appears that it has to do with having the text box bound to a date field in a table, but a) I don't know how to bind the input in a text box to a field in a table, and b) sometimes the date the user enters won't correspond to any date in any table.

If anyone can help me figure out how to get the calendar thingy, I'd be most grateful.

[CJ_London]

ensure the format property for the control is set to a date format and the showdatepicker is set to 'for dates'

[isladogs]

You could also try my Better Date Picker utility. Its very easy to use and works in all versions of Access, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
See http://www.mendipdatasystems.co.uk/b...ker/4594398118

[S2000magician]

ensure the format property for the control is set to a date format and the showdatepicker is set to 'for dates'

Perfect!

The problem appears to be that I had an input mask for dates (__/__/____). Once I got rid of that (and made sure that everything else was set as you suggested), I got the thingy. Apparently, I was overcomplicating the problem.

Thanks!