OK, I thought you said you didn't do that for the project combo. Anyway, I've had problems in the past when I didn't DataBind a combo. Try doing that and see if it help.

~~Bonnie

>The datasource, displaymember and valuemember properties are set on the form for each combo. I am then calling the fill method on the data adapter to populate my dataset.
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>Jim
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>>>>With the property sheet. The thing is that I'm not setting the one for the project combo.<
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>>Then how is that combo getting filled?
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>>~~Bonnie