Worked ... thanks. Is there a way to make everything come up blank (where no record is being pointed at), and just have the user start like that ... with a clean slate. Thanks, CH.

>It sounds like you do not have a ControlSource set for the combo box. Even though your combo box control isn't displaying a particular record, your obviously on a record in your parent table. The related records are being shown in the grid. If you set the ControlSource property of the combo you will see the parent record.
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>>I have created a grid populated with fields from Vac. I have provided a combo box for the user to select an employee from. The combo box RowSource is Prlink.nmbr,fname,lname. In the ValidEvent of the combo box I have the code: ThisForm.Refresh(). Also, I have set the following properties in the Grid: ChildOrder: Nmbr; LinkMaster: Prlink; RelationalExpr: Nmbr. I don't know if I did this right, or even if it was necessary after setting the relation in the DE of the form -- would appreciate verification.
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>>How come, when the form is ran, records are displayed in the Grid even before an employee number is selected out of the combo box?
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>>Thanks,
>>CWH