>John,
>I've used the public var only because I was having this problem.
>I will check your suggestion about the var being scoped to local elsewhere.
>"I don't think I've done that" but those have been my famous last words before.
>Thanks again,
>Steve
Basically, you could stop using variables as controlsource at all, because it's either redundant or even harmful.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant