Welcome to the world of VB, where everything you do is harder than in VFP!

Here are the steps I recommend you:
- Create a new form (say, frmDate)
- Place a maskedit box on it (you will need to select MSMask32.OCX in the components form, Projects|Components)
- MaskEdit.Format = "dd/mm/yyyy" (or whatever date format you use)
- MaskEdit.Mask = "##/##/####"
- MaskEdit.PromptChar = " "
- You will need to write code in the Validate() event of the maskedit box to validate the date (the user can still enter 54/34/1999)
- In the Terminate() event of the form, issue Me.Hide
- In the calling form, issue "frmDate.Show vbModal"
- To get the date, ldDate = frmDate.MaskEdit.Text (you may need to format the date before)
- Unload the form, Unload frmDate

HTH

>I work for a company who writes bespoke software, I am a visual foxpro programmer who has been asked to maintain a project in VB 5.
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>I am having difficulty.
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>Could someone please help me.
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>The program currently takes todays date to use on all invoices, the customer now wants to be able to change this date. I am trying to call a form with a textbox on, get a date, return the date, and use it in the program. I am having difficulty doing any of it.