Yes, everything you set in the property sheet is getting set up first, when the control initializes, then the code fires and it can reset the property.

>Nick, a quest. When you hard code the rowsourcetype into the property pallette, does this take precedence over when you do it programmatically?
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>this.RowSource = "SELECT name,noun from bsyear00 WHERE subs(bsyear00.noun,2)?
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>not get a Browse window.
>>>>Don't forget to close that cursor in Combo.Destroy()
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>>>>*Combo.Destroy()
>>>>IF USED(" myCombo1Source")
>>>>USE IN myCombo1Source
>>>>ENDIF
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>>>An example of what I am trying to do is: if mylistbox1.value ='TURTLE' (from table1), I want comboxbox1 to show only 'TURTLE' (from table2)
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>>Something like this:
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>>myCombo.RowSource = "SELECT myField from table2 WHERE table2.myField = mylistbox1.value INTO cursor combobox1source"