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Hi&nbsp;Kindly refere to the attached screenshot before you read the below query so that it will make more sense..&nbsp;I need to enter today's date in my date cell (called effective end date) for which I used 'Keys' operation and for the 'Value' I used code expression as "aqConvert.DateTimetoFormatStr(aqDateTime.Today(), '%d/%m/%Y')". This however didn't work as expected but surprisingly only date part was executed and I could see the date format as 13/00/0003.&nbsp;Can someone please advise where have I gone wrong ?&nbsp;Also I'll appreciate if you can provide me the solution to enter yesterday's date instead of today. Thanks

tristaanogre · Answer

The code expression, as it is, is correct.&nbsp; So, that's not the issue.
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Here's my guess... and I'm not 100% certain...&nbsp; but it looks like your control may be applying some auto-formatting.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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If you were to manually type the value into that field, do you need to add the "/" characters or are they automatically added by the control?&nbsp; What happens if you change the code expression to remove the slash characters?&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Although, this may only delay the problem because, if you get to a day of the month that is single digit, you may still need to have some way to go to the next field.&nbsp; So... as suggested, rather than using keys, there may be some other method or function you might need to try.&nbsp; Examine the properties of your control to see if there is something like a "wDate" field or something else that you can set the value of rather than using the "Keys" method.

cunderw · Answer

To expand on this, I agree with&nbsp;tristaanogre&nbsp;here in that the masking on your field probably cannot keep up with the speed of the keys method. I have seen this a lot in different applications.&nbsp;

shankar_r · Answer

It looks like issue when you use Keys() method.
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Have you tried SetText() function? if not please try using this.
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gdave · Answer

Just tried Settext function, my test doesn't fail but it does not populate date in the date field as well.

shankar_rwrote:
It looks like issue when you use Keys() method.

Have you tried SetText() function? if not please try using this.

shankar_r · Answer

Then i would suggest to select by using&nbsp;calendar object which you will get by clicking down arrow.

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