hello Gus
thank you for your help
i never had this problem before, either because i always had the VBA open, or maybe there was a problem in my pc
well today i restarted my pc
and it worked
it is weird
the whole form seemed not responding yesterday, you know, clicking on any command button, or choosing any option, didn t do anything
but now it is working
thank you again for your response, i appreciate it alot
Lina