I have a table that I want to autopopulate the current date as the default value. Date () works on access 2000. Some users have Access97. When I converted it, this no longer works. Previous forum entries suggest that it is a .dll problem and to open a module and then reference from tools. I have no modules. This is just the default value in properties for the Date field. I get a #name? as the default in 97. We are just trying to create some simple logs that are handwritten now. Thanks for any assistance.