Rixon,

Use an & macro to expand the value at that instant. Just change it to &lcValue in the RowSource assignment.

>I want to filter the items in a combo box based on the value of a different combo box. How can this be accomplished as part of the rowsource SELECT statement without making the variable lcvalue public?
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>GOTFOCUS METHOD of Combo2
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>local lcvalue
>lcvalue=This.Parent.Combo1.value
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>***Since lcValue is local, the filter in the following rowsource will produce an error message once this method is completed.
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>this.rowsource="sele prefix,imprint2,publisher from publishe into cursor cpublisher1 having publishe.prefix=lcvalue"