>You should define appropriate RowSource for the combo, which should cover (be linked to) Combo.ControlSource. Then Sparse=.f. >will give you requested appearance.

I think I'm missing something.

The Combo.RowSource is set to a lookup table, fields Description and ID. (Combo.BoundColumn is set to 2.). The Combo.ControlSource is set to a field of the main table.

Steve