Sorry Terry I havent explained myself very clearly.
Basically on my main form I call the search form. Then on the search form I select my search criteria which stores this to a variable. Then when I close the search form back to my main form I want the edit box to show the contents of the variable. It does but I have to click on the edit box for it to show, like a refresh problem I think!
Neil Lewis
IT R&D Manager
Velmore Ltd