>If I create a combo box, and the possible values that this control lists come from a table, then I set:
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>combo1.rowsourcetype = 1
>combo1.rowsource = thetable.serialnumber
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>If I want to store the value in another table, then I set:
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>combo1.controlsource = patient.patsernum
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>If the patient already has a serial number (ie patsernum = 12345), when I load the form, why isn't 12345 displaying in the combobox as the existing value, even if it's one of the possible choices in the dropdown?
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>CM

You want your rowsourcetype to be 6 - fields, not 1 - value