>>>this.value = this.value ?
>>>
>>>If THIS.VALUE is not equal to itself already, what can it be equal to? :-)
>>
>>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.
>
>I was only kid'n.
>But IMO, if you have to resort to something like this, something ain't right.

When someone gets used to crutches (controlsource binding) then walking freely becomes a trick.