Or probably simplier, why not make the text box a date control by assigning {} (or any other date) to it's value property?

HTH

>How do i take the value of a text box and convert it to a date data type? i have tried the followinf and no luck
>set century off
>set date to american
>james = form1.container2.text1.value
>james2 = {james}
>jamesa = form1.container2.text2.value
>james3 = {jamesa}
>REPORT FORM c:\fxpro\reports\patienti.frx for date1 => james2 and date1 <= james3 to printer noconsole
>i cannot get the values to convert into the new data type