Hi, Melissa.

You say "to store the data into my control source." Do you mean you add the value to your recordsource? The table?

If so, then is the CBO unbound? If not, do you do something like:

REPLACE (this.controlsource) WITH this.displayValue

>I have a combo box that is Dropdown Combo style and uses fields as the record source type. I am typing in a value that is not contained in the dropdown list and I am using the DisplayValue vs. Value to store the data into my control source. The data gets store fine, however, after typing the text into the combo field and hitting the tab, the text disappears from the field