Hi Hendric,

Check this message for some ideas: Forms & Form designer Re: Combo Box Thread #406936 Message #406991

And, please, don't use all caps. We already understood, that you're desperate.

>HI THERE ERIC
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>MY GRID IS ON A PAGEFRAME WITH ITS RECORDSOURCE SET TO THE TABLE IN WHICH THE DATA MUST BE STORED. THE RECORDSOURCE OF THE COLUMN IN WHICH THE COMBOBOX IS VALUE IS SET TO THE FIELD IN THE TABLE ABOVE. THE COMBOBOX CONTROLSOURCE AUTOMATICALLY DISPLY THE COLUMN CONTROLSOURCE. THE DROPDOWN OF THE COMBOBOX.ROWSOURCE IS SET TO ANOTHER TABLE WHICH HOLDS POSSIBLE VALUES THAT CAN BE USED. ROWSOURCETYPE IS SET TO ALIAS.
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>THE DROPDOWN WORKS FINE AND DISPLAYS THE POSSIBLE OPTIONS BUT WHEN ENTERING DATA BY HAND IT THROWS AWAY THE DATA ENTERED BY HAND.
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>HOPE THAT WILL HELP YOU