>HI,
>
>I must be missing something here...sure could use some help.
>THe field FLD! defintley contains the data from the COmboBox LIST field (as viewed in the watch window). However, it just falls through the = condition and I don't understand why.. Here's the simple code:
>
> Private Sub cboAmpChannel_Click()
>Dim fld1 As String
>
>fld1 = Trim(cboAmpChannel.Text)
>
> If Trim(fld1) = "1(Mono)" Then
> chkAmpStereoMonoDrive.Enabled = False
> chkAmpStereoMonoDrive.Refresh
>End If
>
>
>cboampchanne.text is populated when selected by the user and is defined in the List property in this combo box. Is there something about being defined in the List property that causes the field definitions to differ? I can look in the watch window and see that fld1 is = to "1(Mono)", yet it compares unequal. WHY?
>
>Thanks in advance for your response.
>
>Barry

To be considered equal, two strings have to be the same length and have exactly the same characters (case too). The Trim functions is good for clipping blanks. We normally use Ucase (or Lcase) to ensure we have the same case.

Chechk for the length. Maybe some hidden characters!!!