Why dont' you try a DTPicker control - resembles a Combo, but when you hit the drop-down, it shows a Month in a calendar control. Still possible to directly enter a date, but won't let you enter an invalid one. To use, right click your toolbox and select components. Scroll down the resulting list, and select "Microsoft Windows Common Controls 2 6.0 SP4", or browse to MSCOMCTL2.ocx. This will add the control to your toolbox, and can be used in the normal way. Help for the control is in MSDN under VBReference->Controls Reference->ActiveX COntrols (Apologies if the preceeding is teaching my granny to suck eggs!)