>>Check Combo.Rowsource, the value you want to show must be there already, else you should use Combo.Displayvalue property to bring up value which not in the Rowsource. Again, I would urge you to clean Combo.Controlsource, until, at least, you will get familiar with object-oriented programming.
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>The rowsource is an array. The value is in the array, I know, because I chose it from the array. But when I leave the form and come back to it, it's not displaying then.
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>If I don't put the memvar in the control source, where do I put it? I need the thing selected from the combobox to end up in a variable.
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>Thanks,

If you are leaving the form and coming back could the memvar be going out of scope?