Thanks Jason, I'll try your solution.

David

>If I understand your problem correctly, then you have a cursor containing several columns, one of which is the displayed name and another is the numeric key value.
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>If you have a key value in a variable, then you don't need to try and find it yourself.
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>Set the ConrolSource = variable_name
>Set the RowSourceType = 6 - Fields
>Set the RowSource = cursor.displayfield, keyfield
>Set the BoundColumn = 2
>Set the ColumnCount = 1
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>This will bind to the combo the variable in such a way that setting the variable to the desired key value and refreshing the combo will display the correct name.
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>Jason