ADO and masked edit boxes

I'm currently developing a project using ADO and I wanted to mask a date field with a masked edit box or a masked date control. The problem that I am having is that when the tables are empty the masked edit boxes attempt to bind to the empty data and return an error message. I have been unable to catch any of these errors, and was wondering if there is a way to trap a binding error? I have been unable to find a way to do so within the MSDN help library. Any help would be appreciated.

Another very good reason never to bind anything to a datasource. You lose control. Does the masking work if you don't bind it? ie. by just handing it a value? Excuse my ignorance but I try not to have my programming dictated by the mob at MS. If I didn't write it, or don't have the source, then I won't use it.

Masking can be done manually. Ever thought about making your own Control that does the job?

Sorry for not being any use!

not a problem. I've just been experimenting with ADO with this project and I did what I was told in MSDN and with the controls. The project is quite big and it would be a lot of re-coding to create my own control, etc. I will be sure to remember that for future endeavors.

ahsile, give me the exact error message and how you are binding the data and how you are setting the mask. Then lets see what we can do
Rick

Error message is: "Unable to bind to field or datamember: 'StartDate'"

The control is a DTPicker from common controls 2.