[AccessD] I am trying to set a value in a combo box to a certain value, if another check box on the form is ch

Hi John

You need to set the value of the control itself:

  Me!sfExit.Form!numWhyLeft.Value = 1

/gustav


> I am trying to set a value in a combo box to a certain value, if another
> check box on the form is checked true. The only twist is that the combo
> box is in a subform, but that shouldn't be a huge deal...just slightly
> different syntax. I have tried the folling methods, but it errors out on
> both:

> Me!sfExit.Form!numWhyLeft.Column(1) = 1

> Me!sfExit.Form!numWhyLeft.Column(0) = "DECEASED"

> The error that I am getting is:
> ***********************************************************************************************************
> Run-time error '451':

> Property let procedure not defined and property get procedure did not
> return an object
> ***********************************************************************************************************