Hi Jim,
For the combo box, I've SELE from mytable into a cursor.
The RowSourceType is 2-Alias, and the RowSource is the Cursor.
In the InteractiveChangeEvent, I SEEK this.Value.
The ControlSource for the TextBox is a field from which the Cursor was created.
(You're right, I know, about how you set things up..it makes a world of difference...trying hard to learn the differences.)