What you want is similar to data binding and it cannot be done on variables. You may define a disconnected-recordset and bind your text box to this recordset. Although it is possible, I don't think it is a great idea.

>Erik,
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>>Dim x As Textbox
>>Set x = frmSomething.Text1
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>If I read this correctly, I am simply making another object reference to the text box.
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>What I want is something like:
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>function foo(strName as string)
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> frmSomething.Text1.variableReference = "strName"
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>end function
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>Now, when I enter anything in the text1 textbox, the string variable gets updated with the contents of the textbox's .text property.
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>Why do I want this? Well, lets say that I am passed a string value that I want to display and allow a user to edit. If I can't do this, I need to assign the value to the textbox.text property before I display, then save it back to the parameter when the user clicks save.
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>Thanks,
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>Fletcher