I'm sorry. What I actually meant to say is that I have a problem with the fact that the controlsource of a control (field it is linked to) is specific to each form. You can have exactly the same control on two forms that just have a different controlsource because they're linked to a different table. If you don't want to use a pre-defined dataenvironment you don't have another option then to set the controlsource in the init event of the form.

Thanks for the quick reply,
Jeroen