>Hi,
> I am trying to add an Olecontrol (richtextcntrl) to a form. In the init, I put the following code:
>

>parameter pcfilename
>thisform.filenameuse = pcfilename
>thisform.olecontrol1.controlsource = thisform.filenameuse
>

>pcFilename is a full path and file name. But the error I am getting says:
>"The data source for this object must be a variable reference."
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>Beth

hi Beth,

Does this work ?

thisform.olecontrol1.FileName = thisform.filenameuse

You would use ControlSource if the filecontents or the rtf data were stored in a binary memo field