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me.text1.value = me.mycombo.listindex + 1

>otherwise I was getting the wrong employee.
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>>Doing that made it work except for the first employee whose list index is 0. When I use any other employee it works ok but if I use the first employee, it doesn't find them when the form refreshes.
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>What are you using to restore to select the correct employee again? I noticed that the ListIndex property is read-only (I am used to VB where you can change it)
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>Whatever you are using, try saving it without adding 1 and setting it back to the saved value + 1.
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>I am using:
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Me!MyCombo.Value = Me.Text1.Value

to restore the employee.

OK, instead of using ListIndex directly and assuming that the bound column is the employee id, use this to save the employee id:

me.text1.value = me.mycombo.itemdata(me.mycombo.listindex)

And restore it with:

me.mycombo.value = me.text1.value