>Bill,
>
>You need to use the .day, .month and .year properties
>
>the date can be obtained by using the optional parameters of VFP's DATE() function
>
>

with this.oleDTPicker
>  ldDate = DATE(.year, .month, .day)
>endwith

>
>>There is no value property. How do you get the "value" out of the control?

Andrew, You are correct. I had thought he just wasn't getting to the Value property. My error.