Found it. For those interested:
In IE5+ only, with the < script > tag, you can attach code to an event for a particular object.
If I attach the onkeypress event of the body element this way, and route based on the event.srcElement.className, it works.

e.g.

< style >
  .dateCls {}
< /style >
< script for="bodyTag" event="onkeypress" language="javascript">
  if(event.srcElement.className=="dateCls")
    dateKeyPress(event.srcElement);
< /script>

>I know that using javascript, you can do the following to attach an event to a particular method:
>
>

frm.myButton.onclick = myOnClick();

>
>Does anyone know if there's a way to attach an event to a < style > defined class? Or a similar technique?
>
>I've got some date controls that call a calendar or using Quicken(r) style entry (T,+,-, etc). There's usually more than one per page. I'd like to be able to do this without naming each control specifically or passing control reference/name to another function.
>
>e.g. instead of

frm.dStart.onkeypress = dateKeyPress();
>frm.dEnd.onkeypress = dateKeyPress();

>something like a style definition

< style > dateCls {onkeypress:dateKeyPress()}
>< /style >
>...
>< input class="dateCls">...

>TIA.