>>>I have a combo, .Style = 0-dropdown combo, .RowSourceType = 1-Value, Rowsource = TBD,N/A,VARIOUS, ControlSource = mytable.myfield. I thought that .Style = 0 meant that I could enter anything in the control, but it's not showing what I type, unless I select or type one of the three values in Rowsource. Since, for testing purposes, I have left in an old textbox with the same controlsource, I can see that values other than these three are not being saved to the table. What's going on?
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>>I guess, the problem originated from ControlSource. Personally, I don't use this property at all. Basically, combo will work this way:
>>Combo.Lostfocus event:
>>if this.dispalyvaluethis.value
>>This.additem(this.displayvalue)
>>endif
>>Use Value property when you "Save" the record to fill appropriate field.
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>I wasn't sure what "if this.dispalyvaluethis.value" meant.

Yes, I just forgot that this is HTML and missed the symbol. Sorry, about this.

Perhaps "if this.displayvalue # this.value". I didn't want to add items to my combobox, and I wasn't sure how .displayvalue was used here. My combo has only one column. I did try removing the .ControlSource and putting a REPLACE myfield WITH THISFORM.combo.Value. Now my typed value remains visible in the combo, but is still not added to the table.

If you want to use existing items only, then set Style=2. If you want to type something else, you must add items to RowSource.