Hi Jimmy,

>i have 8 combo boxes and i'm summing their values. what i have right now is
>0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0 = 8. either i'm dumb or the program is. what can i do?

OK, in your code you will have to replace

Thisform.ComboN.Value

with

val(thisform.ComboN.Displayvalue)

Sorry, thats a mistake I made originally.