>Using VFP5...
>
>&& on form main (parent form)...
>
>textbox.rightclick -
> do form calendar to this.value
>--------------------------------
>
>&& on child form calendar (modal form)
>
>cmdSelect.click -
> thisform.release
> return.oleCalendar.value (MS calendar control)
>
>All I get is T returned. What am I doing wrong?

You have to use Unload event return statement to return value from modal form. You can save return value to the form's property in cmdSelect.click and use later in Unload.