You're right, sorry. I think I shouldn't answer any questions today - I'm far too tired to think straight.

>Nigel,
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>Valid fires when clicking combobox even there is no changes done in the displayvalue or value property or even without leaving the control. Try it...
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>>Valid event only fires when you leave a control. For usability, InteractiveChange is better when using a combobox - other controls refresh as soon as an item is changed. New users would then learn to use it quicker.
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>>>Isn't better if to use VALID event to force the Refreshing of control values?
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>>>>I have other objects on the form that are filled with data relating to the combobox selection. For example...if the form is "inventory" and the stocknumber is the rowsource of the form, when you select a stocknumber, the item description, how many on hand, pricing information, and such show up in those other objects so that people can get a lot of info convienently.
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>>>>JD