>Sorry if this is a novice question, but this is giving me fits. I have a combo
>box control on my form. I want the inital value of the combo box to be the
>underlying value of the field behind the box. I then want the user to have a
>pre-determined set of choices to change the value to. I am having problems
>displaying the value of the field in the combo box initially and I also want
>the choice of the user to be saved as the new value of the field.
>
>Example - 3 accounts, one with a status code of 'active' one with 'cancelled'
>one with 'archive'. if I go to record 2 the initial value 'cancelled' is
>displayed in the first value of the combo box, but if I want to change it, I go
>click on the box and I have 3 choices, 'active', 'cancelled' and 'archive'. If
>I chose archive, it replaces 'cancelled' with 'archive' in record 2.

Unless I'm missing something, this is what you just said you wanted. Can you explain again what the problem is you're having?