Richard,
I've been fighting this for a couple of months and I can't find a solution.

I have a search procedure that is designed like yours and works great, but I'm trying to do more (of course). I have several combo boxes to progressively search a materials table. What I'm trying to do is use these combo boxes as input boxes when an item is not in the table. As soon as I type something that isn't a part of the table the combo box loses focus (even though the statement directly above the .SelStart statement is a .SetFocus statement) when I get to the end of the table. I can use a SendKeys("{F2}") statement to replace the .SelStart statement to essentially accomplish the same result, but that creates all sorts of other problems. Any suggestions or am I trying to do too much with this procedure?

Tom

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Reply from Alex Hedley:

Are you wanting the item to be added to the Table
Like a not in list event? (Access 324)