>>>Add a combobox to the first column.
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>>I have already done that. I add a combobox to the column, and when focus is on that column, I get the list of descriptions that I want and the combo box fills in the proper company ID into the company field in table1. The problem is that when focus leaves that column, the field that is displayed is the company ID field. Anyone have any suggestions?
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>The best thing to do is to look into Tastrade sample (Tasmanian Traders) that comes with VFP, at OrdEntry form. They are doing there exactly what you want and you can see how they are doing it.

Thanks for your help folks.. I will give some of these techniques a try. Boy do I feel so far behind! I have been stuck in FP2.6 for too long!