>that would probably work if i could set up my variables correctly.
>where would i declare 'combo1+combo2+....+comboN = TheComboSums'
>combo1 is the NAME of my 1st combo box?
>
>thanks again!
>JD

Jimmy,

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As for your answer, if you have up to n combos thent eh best way to handle this problem is through delegation to the form. If you try to do this in each combo then every combo will need to know about every other combo and that could cause you problems if you ever remove or add a combo in the future.

To your form (using the fomr-New Method menu option) create a method named UpdateTextBox. In that method put this code (or similar if your names are different).

* Form's UpdatetextBox method
LOCAL lnTotal
WITH THISFORM
   lnTotal = VAL(.Combo1.List(.Combo1.ListIndex)) + ;
             VAL(.Combo2.List(.Combo2.ListIndex)) + ;
             VAL(.Combo3.List(.Combo3.ListIndex)) + ;
             VAL(.Combo4.List(.Combo4.ListIndex)) + ;
             VAL(.Combo5.List(.Combo5.ListIndex))
    * Add for all of the combos
    .Text1.Value = lnTotal
    .Text1.Refresh()
ENDWITH

Then in the InteractiveChange event of each combo put;

Thisform.UpdateTextbox()