Autofill current date in field on form - Microsoft Access

[LLR]

Need a field to autofill the current date on a form. The
user will be filling in one field with a control number
and the date field will be the current date. Cant't get
it to autofill with the current date.

[Dean]

Set the default value to date()

Ex: =(Date)
- - Dean

>-----Original Message-----
>Need a field to autofill the current date on a form.

The

>user will be filling in one field with a control number
>and the date field will be the current date. Cant't get
>it to autofill with the current date.
>.
>

[Mike Mueller]

: Need a field to autofill the current date on a form. The
: user will be filling in one field with a control number
: and the date field will be the current date. Cant't get
: it to autofill with the current date.

I am assuming that this form is data entry only, and the
form is not being used to edit existing records. I am using
the field name of Control_Number for what the user enters &
Date_Entered for the date, format as short date. I would
use something similiar to this:

Private Sub Control_Number_Exit(Cancel As Integer)
Date_Entered = Format(Now, "mm/dd/yyyy")
End Sub