Glenn,

Great catch, the inital value was numeric when I set it to "Sale" all works fine.

Thanks so much

John


>Set the initial value of the option group to on of the strings. If the control source value is null then it will be difficult to select an option. You probably are at eof in the control source.
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>Glenn
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>>I am trying to bind an optiongroup to a field.
>>I have three options Receive, Sale, Return. I need to store the text for option picked in the field. When I set the controlsource for the option group to the field it will not allow me to pick an option.
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>>For the life of me I can't remember how to do this... It's gotta be simple... been working too hard...
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>>TIA