>thisform.OptionGroup1.Value = 5 &&if you're using numeric values or
>This selects the 5th button, however the caption in the first button still has
>a dotted square around its caption. And when I manually select a button,
>the dotted square shifts to the button I select (along with selecting the button). Can
>I control the dotted square -- that part of the selecting -- for a button?
>Thanks
>Steve

thisform.OptionGroup1.Buttons(5).SetFocus()

This will move the focus from the manually selected button to the programmatically selected 5th button.