>>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.

No, I'm NOT wrong. The .Object.Value reference will get you access to the control's value. It's a DateTime type value (type="T").