>>>I hardcoded the dbf for testing:
>>>"thisform.mylistbox2.rowsource= "office97" "
>>>The error I get is "field phrase is not found"
>>>I'm sure I'm doing something stupid.
>>
>>It means that you typed 'phrase' somewhere in listbox property sheet. Find the place and clean it.
>
>Damn, I have this in the cmdbutton
>With Thisform.myListbox2
> .RowSourceType=2
> .RowSource=""
> thisform.mylistbox2.rowsource= "office7" &&'offyear'
> .Requery
>Endwith
>and still "field phrase is not found"
>There is NO reference to the word phrase. Think I'm doomed?

I don't know.