Hi Marcia,

Thank you for the suggestions. I have gotten a little further, but still not working. I use the same combobox (states) on both the parent and child forms. It contains the following code in the INIT:

SELECT cValue1, cDescript, id ;
FROM PICKLIST ;
WHERE ALLTRIM(cType) == 'STATE';
INTO CURSOR STATES ;
ORDER BY cDescript

Could this be causing the problem, because when I close my child form I get "Cannot access the selected table" and my states combo disappears?