>Hi Jim,
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>> VAL(.Combo2.List(.Combo2.ListIndex)) + ;
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>I'm just curious, what does this do, that has an advantage of the Value or DisplayValue properties?

First it converts the character value to a number, second I like it better because with dorpdowncombo's the value and displayvalue properties are weird acting.

I just favor using the List and the ListItem collections to deal with combos and lists.