>UPDATE: I cleared the RowSource of the control (combobox) which uses the cursor. And the problem goes away. So it does seem like the problem is caused by this control. But the question still stands as to why the INIT of this control is never called?

because the init is one of the last things happening... think about the events at the form level, where each and every aggregated control is added and then fires its init before the form init...

HTH

thomas