>>>>>>Using the query wizard,I foolishly created a cursor that I tried to use in a form as the record source of a combobox. At first I got an instantiation error then the dreaded "you have performed an illegal operation" message followed by VFP closing down. When I re-launched VFP I realized I did not need to be doing this to accomplish what I was trying to do so I deleted the Query from my DBC. The problem is now when I run the form the query cursor (it looks like a browse window) appears and has to be closed before the form runs. I don't understand how this can still be appearing after it has been deleted.
>>>>>>I have tried validating, recovering, rebuilding, etc., but I can't stop the cusor from appearing. Please help!
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>>>>>>TIA
>>>>>>--lincoln
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>>>>>What do you have in combobox.rowsource now?
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>>>>Actually I am not using the combobox now I changed the grid column to Text1 and reset the cobombox properties to the defaults.
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>>>It seems to me that Combo.Rowsource still holds SQL-string. Try to double-check this and remove it from there, or even remove the combo, if it's not in use.
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>>Ed -- How do I remove the ComboBox?
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>Is it combo in grid.column, right? So, select it in property sheet, click on grid.column and press Delete.

When I do that it doesn't actually remove the combobox from the Current Control list, it only removes it as the selected control.

However, I did find the culprit, seems I had put the cursor in the init method of the combobox, once removed the phantom disappeared. Thanks for your help.

--lincoln