Hi Tom,
look for CONTROLSOURCE. It my be a silly idea, but have you checked if the Controlsource property of the objects is preloaded in designer?

Agnes

>Hey Agnes,
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>Yes I know about binding stuff, just the fact I am modifying an existed database. in the database, form A calls form B and on B, all data are called and stored using SQL statement. however, when I try to find where the previous developper have put the code that echo the SQL out into an element, I cannot find anything in both form A or form B. All I found is just a simple SQL line but nothing like thisform.myelement.value = SQL.field
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>I have no idea why is it doing this....
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>Tom