Hi Bill.

>> Then in the combo's LostFocus ( or possibly Valid ) event you cant test on the combo's Value and DisplayValue properties. If they are not the same, a new value was typed in by the user. You can then run code to take whatever action is necessary, e.g. add the new value into the combo's list <<

This strategy only works if the combo's BoundColumn is column 1. A better strategy would be to test for:

IF NOT EMPTY( This.DisplayValue ) AND This.ListIndex = 0
   *** The user typed in a value not in the combo's list
   *** Take action to add the item to the list
   *** And don't forget to requery the combo
   This.Requery()
ENDIF

This will work regardless of which column is the BoundColumn.

Marcia