Jim,

Does this only work for rowsourcetype None or does it work in other types as well. I tried using a backslash with a SQL statement (type 3 I think) and it didn't disable the selections.

>Bruce,
>
>IN the combo's requery put this code;
>
>

>* Combo Requery
>LOCAL lnNewItem
>WITH THIS
>   lnNewItem = .NewItemId + 1
>   SCAN
>     IF Active
>         .AddListItem(Name,lnNewItem,1)
>     ELSE
>         .AddListItem("\"+Name,lnNewItem,1)
>     ENDIF
>     lnNewItem = .NewItemId + 1
>    ENDSCAN
>ENDWITH
>

>
>Now set the rowsourcetype to None and the rowsource is blank.
>
>Whenever you need to update the combo call its requery.