Thanks for helping

I can't seem to get it...let me tell you exactly what i am trying to do, please be patient as i have never done any VB before now.

I have a module with a function 'Call_form'.
I have declared a global variable called ldDate in the declarations section of the module.
The function 'call_form' calls a form called 'frmGetDate'-(frmGetDate.Show vbModal).
There is a maskedit box where the date is entered by the user.
The form is released and the line of code just after to form was called in the 'call_form' function is 'ldDate = frmGetDate.MaskEdBox1.Text' but I realise the value of the maskedbox1 is no longer in scope.
Please tell me what i am doing wrong as it is unclear to me.

Thanks

Nicky