Anthony, Thanks the requery command works!!! Can you figure out though why my variable can not be "read" from one form module to another?? -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Colli, Anthony G Forms!frmClientInfo.cboDrPriID.Requery will do just that. -Anthony ---------------------------------------------------- In my frmClientInfo in VB at the top I have the following: Option Compare Database Option Explicit Dim WhatDoctor As String Then in below it I have: Private Sub cboDrPriID_BeforeUpdate(Cancel As Integer) If Me.txtDrPriID.Value = 1 Then 'meaning they chose the Add New Doctor WhatDoctor = "Primary" Then the rest of the procedure will open (pop-up) the sfrmDrInfo form, so they can create the new doctor... when the user hits the close button I have the following code: Private Sub CommandCloseDr_Click() On Error GoTo Err_CommandCloseDr_Click If WhatDoctor = "Primary" Then Me.txtCltDrID.SetFocus 'set the focus on the form to Dr's ID Forms!frmClientInfo.txtCltDrPriID = Me.txtCltDrID 'set the value of Dr's Primary ID ElseIf WhatDoctor = "Secondary" Then Me.txtCltDrID.SetFocus 'set the focus on the form to Dr's ID Forms!frmClientInfo.txtCltDrsecID = Me.txtCltDrID 'set the value of Dr's Primary ID End If DoCmd.Close Exit_CommandCloseDr_Click: Exit Sub Err_CommandCloseDr_Click: MsgBox Err.Description Resume Exit_CommandCloseDr_Click End Sub When this code is run it keeps finding the WhatDoctor Variable empty... Can somebody PLEASE help me... April ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************