Ahhh! Yes, that is true of any variable. If it is declared only in a method, it will go out of scope as soon as the method ends.

>No, I initialize the array in the load. After about an hour of searching on Microsoft's site (very tedious), I found out my problem was that the array either needs to be declared public or as a property of the form. Otherwise the rowsource for the controls won't recognize it. Thanks for your response.
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