ok, i have a combo box pulling from a table. i'm using the NotInList property to prompt the user when he/she types in a new record that the record will be added (this is to give them an out if it was just a typo).<br>the recorded is then added to source table, and everything goes great, EXCEPT that the standard error message of <br>"The Text you enterred isn't an item on the list."<br>comes up after my own message box appears.<br><br>i tried the DoCmd.SetWarnings method of stopping this, but i receive a message that the argument is not optional.<br><br>i also tried not limiting to list for the combo box, but this just seems to skip the NotInList property arguments all together.<br><br>any suggestions.<br><br>thanks. <p>Brian Famous<br><a href=mailto:bfamous@ncdoi.net>bfamous@ncdoi.net</a><br><a href= > </a><br>