The solution unfortunantely did'nt work but I did find a workaround.

DEFINE WINDOW DATERANGE AT 0,0 SIZE 3,48
MOVE WINDOW DATERANGE CENTER
ACTI WINDOW DATERANGE

m.action=1


lcSay = "Enter statement cutoff date......: "
@ 0,1 GET lcSay COLOR N/W* when .f.
@ 0,35 GET mEnddate