>I don't want to insert any new records in the row source. All I want to do is save the data the user types in to the field that is the control source for the combo. Is there any way to do this?

Try, if the number of data entries is small setting, setting the RowSourceType to 0 (None) and using AddItem() or AddListItem(). Otherwise, try using 5 (Array) and manipulate the array accordingly.