Hi Naomi - i'm almost there actually - i am missing one line of code to get this work from what i can see
where i ahve placed activate window calendar shows the month. if i follow this with NOTHING, it will allow
input - the concluding code however renders the calendar inert.

I am missing a line that would activate the calendar input and store it to _diarydate

SET CENTURY ON
=MESSAGEBOX("Select a date",48)
ACTIVATE WINDOW calendar
** ???STORE DATE( ) TO _DIARYDATE
=MESSAGEBOX(DTOC(_DIARYDATE),64)
RELEASE WINDOW calendar