Hi Michael.

>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?

Apparently something is closing your picklist table. Your guess is as good as mine. But the SQL looks fine to me.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.

Marcia