Probably, the purpose of all these thread is entertainment for people around.
When you add something to rowsource, it means that you add something to lookup table. When you add something to master file it means that you may still want to show this value in the text portion of the combo even if it's not in lookup (rowsource). Got it now?
Once upon a time, Walter gave you a good advice. I can give you another one: do not try to catch me on down-to-earth tech issues: it's simply not your area.

>Ed...
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>Semantics, I don't think so. Let us review your response to me:
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>What if don't want to add value to rowsource, but still want to show something that is not part of list?
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>My response:
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>Logically, that does not make sense. Why would you show something in a UI element, such as a combo box, with no underlying value to represent the display value.
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>Your response
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>It does make sense. You have limited list of available options in lookup but want to allow a user to enter another value and keep it master file.
>Sorry, but it seems to me that we quickly moving to semantics area. I'm going to give you one advice, when I will open your next reply.
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>Ed, adding a value to the master file by defintition is adding a value to the rowsource. You just violated your own argument for not wanting to add something to the rowsource....