Thanks Renoir, I got another suggestion GetFldState()

>Bhavbhuti,
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>Would using the InteractiveChange or ProgrammaticChange events for the object do this for you?
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>Renoir
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>>Hi all
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>>I wanted a quick & efficient way to find out if say for eg. the text in a textbox / cbo or the status of a checkbox has changed.
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>>The controlsource for all these controls will be a view.