Hi John....
In the control init or activate you can put....
thisform.olecontrol1.object.value = date()
or whatever you need in your case and it will put a grey highlight circle around that date but the red today circle is still on the current date. Not all you were asking for but I hope it gets you started.
Tom Gahagan
Alliance
Computer Solutions
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