>>It wasn't fixed in the SP3?
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>>The property define how the control will work and must be assigned by the developper. That's why it must be public.
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>Amazing I just was discussing this in email with another developer.
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>Isn't ProgramaticChange basically the same as value_assign ?
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>BOb

No. Programmatic change doesn't fire when the user changes the value, or when the controlsource changes the value through a Refresh().