>I've tried putting "insert into rv_town..." in the valid event of the combobox to add the town to the list when a new one is entered. This works but I can't find a way to make the combobox select the newly entered town.
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>I'm sure this is a really simple trick but I can't figure it out.

Jonathan,

In the valid of the combo after you insert the new record do a;

THIS.Requery()

to refresh the combo's internal list of towns.