>>On the InteractiveChange() and ProgrammaticChange() events, use something like
>>thisForm.textbox.Refresh(), or thisForm.Refresh().
>
>Thx - that did the trick. One other question, if I may : The Combobox is initially
>empty - how should I set it to the first record when the form opens ?


Set thisForm.Combo1.rowSourceType = 2 (alias), thisForm.Combo1.rowSource = "myAlias", and thisForm.Combo1.ListIndex = 1.