>>Chris
>>I do this in the following way
>>column with combo, sparce .t. ( combo is shown only in active cell)
>>column bound=.f.
>>there is relation between parent table ( grid source and chield for rowsorce of the combo , ) In the combo gotfocus
>>I do
>>if not parent.key=chield.key or seek(parent.key,'chield','key')
>>this.displayvalue=chiled.filedtoshow
>>else
>>this.displayvalue=''
>>endif
>>In click of the combo is regular code
>>replace parent.key with chield.key in parent
>>It works for me for years
>>Best wishes, Vladimir
>>Setting bound to t cause problem , if chiled table has gaps in the keys
>Ok thanks Vladimir - I must have made it sound like the combo was in a grid column but it's not - it is just on the form... the grid and combo are also on a pageframe which adds a little to the problem - I am not sure it's refreshing correctly ever though I have tried thisform.pageframe.page3.cmbCompanies.refresh(), thisform.pageframe.refresh(), and thisform.refresh()
>
>I have done this also... thisform.pageframe.page3.cmbCompanies.value = alltrim(v
_companynames.co_name) and still I have nothing showing in the

combo...
>Thanks again - any other advice gratefully received

Try requery for combo instead of refresh. if you have any controlsources for combo, throw it away
Vladimir