Hi David,  The way I would approach this is create a form with your text boxes, checkboxes and combo boxes to enter your search criteria.  Create a query using these fields on this search form in your query criteria and then use the query results in your continuous form.

In Criteria in your query you type:  [Forms]![SearchFormF]![SearchField] etc etc!

On the SearchFormF have a button that loads the continuous form. When the forms loads the query is automatically run.

I usually build the SQL string in VBA whenever I do a search like this.
My screenshot below shows a sample Search Form and the results in a Continuous Form.

Hi Ronald - Thank you for this. I did do that but for some reason the search with the combo box is not working. I tried a regular text box and it works just fine with it, but when I change the text box to the combobox it doesnt work, I get no results on the continuous form. I checked the "criteria" to make sure I spelled everything correctly with the combo box name etc. several times.   All my text boxes work for the searches, but the combo box does not. I will post my code up here as soon as I can. Thank you!

So I CANNOT get it to work. It works with the textbox for the field, allowing someone to type in a value, but when I use the combobox instead, the search shows no values. Here is my code and everything. I can't figure this out.

The problem is the ID field in your Combo Box. Remove it so there is only one Column. Also adjust the Column Count and Column Widths properties accordingly.

Set your Row Source to:
   SELECT PlantType FROM PlantTypeT ORDER BY PlantType

Now your Query should be getting PlantType, and not PlantTypeID.

Hi Kevin - I can't thank you enough. IT WORKED!!!!! This project I am working on keeps getting bigger and I am taking Richards classes and watching videos on what I need that I haven't seen in the lessons, yet. I think I just got really confused with all the different ID's and all the different videos I've been watching. THANK YOU!