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   Ivan J to Jim Moseley   
   Re: "Invalid handle to the function"   
   17 Nov 08 14:49:54   
   
   From: ivan@abco.com.au   
      
   Thanks Jim!   
      
   A good one to remember!   
   "Jim Moseley"  wrote in message   
   news:4919d4c8@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...   
   >   
   > Greetings all,   
   >   
   > I'm sort of posting this for my own future reference, but hopefully it'll   
   > help others.   
   >   
   > I was testing my app using Australian dates, instead of US dates.  When   
   opening   
   > a form, I got a message 'invalid handle to function' with no further   
   explanation.   
   >  After checking all of my code, I couldn't figure this out.   
   >   
   > The problem was that I had used SetRange() on the form's master table for   
   > a given date range, then saved the form.  This was stored in US date   
   format   
   > (ie 12/24/2007).  When Pdox tried to open the form, it didn't know how to   
   > handle this date in Aussie format (no month 24).   
   >   
   > HTH,   
   > Jim Moseley   
      
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