>>Could you give me the first line of code?
>>step 1 - you have to set the object's value to a blank
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>thisform.textbox1.value=""
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>>setp 2 - when your finished and if the user wants to save his changes,
>> you need to insert a new.
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>insert into your_table (field1) values(thisform.textbox1.value)
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>>When I have set the objects value to " ", it places a blank in that field
>>and in that record the record pointer is on.
>>I have gone through the controls changing value, but it changes the values to the fields in the current record.
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>>thanks - Rob
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>It's because your textbox is bound to a field. Set ControlSource property to "", and when user will enter data, just Value property will be changed

hi ed...
is that...
thisform.fieldname.controlsource=" "

rob