>>I am incurring a "record out of range" when I evaluate the expression
>>"thisform.mylistbox2.value", I think this to be an inappropriate message.
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>How are you evaluating the expression?
>BTW- You can make it easier for people to answer your questions by giving more details about the situation where you are experiencing a problem.

Well the user has made selections from 2 listboxes, one after the other.
In the 2nd listbox's click, I make the evaluation and get the error. one thing, listbox2 gets the focus before listbox1 so "?thisform.mylistbox2.value" is executed in listbox1