>>>this.value = this.value ?
>>>
>>>If THIS.VALUE is not equal to itself already, what can it be equal to? :-)
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>>This kind of tricks sometimes helps to "refresh" underlined controlsource with the new value. Ed's idea with replace with work as well, of course.
>
>Using no controlsources gives different angle. Btw, in this thread, I have a suspicion that Mark needs in neither the controlsource, nor the cursor, nor the datasessions, etc.

We may never know unless we see some code :)