>>>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.
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>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

Tim (new picture?)

Does the data in Listbox2 change after the choice in Listbox1? You may be needing a requery here.

HTH
Barbara