>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

IMHO, this is one ugly looking Calendar. I was talking about this class

http://www.rcs-solutions.com/downloads.aspx (top Download).

In my prior company I created a special container based class that had a textbox for the date and a little button close to it to invoke this Calendar control.