where is this statement? if in the form, try
thisform.calcontrol.month....

>Is there a way to return the selected date from a calendar control?
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>I tried the following, but the variable is empty after the statement.
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>mydate = {This.month + This.Day + This.year}
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>Shouldn't this work?
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>Please help,
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>Thanks
>
>Jim