Thanks - I got around it by making it the first item on the form, not ideal but it works.

Jon

>>Hi All,
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>>Can anyone think of a reason why the olecalendar control on my form doesnt display when the form initially loads? If I click on the area of the form where the control is it pops up and is fine, but not displaying at the start is a problem.
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>Ah, one of those quirky ones - I have no clue, or at least no sure-fire way... you can try to do a few things in code - in form's .init(), .show() or even .activate() - whatever gets called just once when the form has become visible:
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>olecalendar.visible=.t.
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>olecalendar.zorder(0)
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>olecalendar.setfocus()
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>Even raising an event may work... try them one by one. Good luck.