That did it!!!

>You can move focus to another control programmatically from Combo.Lostfocus event (honestly, I don't know why it sticks to the combo), i.e. issue Thisform.AnotherControl.Setfocus (you may also add NODEFAULT if it won't move).
>I used to have unbound combos and they save me from many quirks.
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>>Many thanks, Ed. The this.requery in the valid event looks pretty good. The added value is highlighted but the cursor stayed in the combo. I also tried it in the lostfocus. Here, the cursor stayed in a "blank" combo. Pressing Tab brought up the highlighted entry.
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>>Is this how it's supposed to work?
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>>Again, Thanks. You've probably saved me many hours of digging "on my own" to figure this out.
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