Hi Henry GETFILTER returns a text variable which contains the filter set on the field this could be “…01/01/02|01/02/02…28/02/02|01/06/02…” or something like that using English dates (that’s the month and date reversed for the yanks). What you need to use are the functions GETRANGEMIN and GETRANGEMAX, which return the bottom and top of the range respectively. Be warned the variable has to be filtered by a range or else a run time error will occur. Paul Baxter