>Hi Edward,
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>It IS metaphysical! I works, sortof. For the real application, not the test I sent, the grid is bound to a parameterized view. If I click into the combo and select the entry and save, the DisplayValue is visible, etc. But, until I go through that exercise, the DisplayValue is blank when I ReQuery the view.
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>I will play with this some more, but does what I said make ANY sense?
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>Thanks.

I have one question and one suggestion:
Question: do you use drop-down list or drop-down combo? The former is simpler, so, assuming generically problematic situation, better to use.
Suggestion: could you restore programmatically Combo.Controlsource property and Column.Refresh after you requery the view.