Thanks Max, Still having some difficulty, might be my limited js experience. Thanks in advance. I can get a pop up to pop up with this code alert ($('div[dsid="mobiledatepicker1"] input').val()); But when I try to assign it to a variable - nothing no pop ups no errors (testing in browser) ...

Trying to get this js working, testing with just the js as an event on a button click. Have the date picker on screen and the following js as an action on a button onclick. No errors returned when testing on line just does nothing. If I reference an invalid control instead of mobiledatepicker1 i do ...