Hint This property allows you to define the text shown in the window that pops up when the mouse pointer is placed on the Date-Entry control. Example - Define a date-entry control with a Hint text screen section. ... 03 screen-1-de-1 Date-Entry line 21.2 column 49.5 size 14.5 cells lines 3.1 cells id 17 hint "Enter your enrollment date" century-date value-format davf-yyyymmdd .