I'm taking a beginning VB6 class, and am trying to make a check-in program for the computer lab. Am really stumped on the Masked Edit Box control. I have a MaskedEditBox on my form that the user enter the date in. I use ##/##/## for the Mask property. But when a user enters in a date such as today 12/08/99, the text property of the MaskEdBox is 12/8/99 instead of the 12/08/99 I need to compare to a sequential data file. Can anyone help me right away? (have to turn it in tomorrow) TIA