>Jill,
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>Without a description of how assign methods can screw up, may I suggest that the InteractiveChange and ProgramaticChange events are there for the exact purpose you are using an assign method for. Also available are the Valid, LostFocus, When and GotFocus as well as the Refresh events. All of whcih can be used to accomplish your goals.

Keyword Assign_Method: Do you use Assign_methods? Can you give one example where it would be good to use an Assign_method and where it would be a big mistake?
This would be very interesting to know.
Thanks for your time.