Actually you should also be able to get rid of setting m.trt first. Just use IF MESSAGEBOX(...)=6
-- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Kaye Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Combo As long as we're refactoring... IF NOT INDEXSEEK(wintemp.pcode,.f.,[winpcodes],[index tag/name which is not in your snippet]) trt=MESSAGEBOX(ALLTRIM(mPcode)+' does not exist in the analysis table. Do you want to ADD this?',4+32,'Good idea') IF trt=6 INSERT INTO winpcodes (code) VALUES (mPcode) ENDIF ENDIF -- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Combo Sytze de Boer wrote on 2014-10-01: > I have a combo box > Controlsource=wintemp.pcode (temporary table) > Rowsource=winpcodes (free standing table) > Rowsourcetype=2 - alias > BoundTo=.t. > > In the valid event, i have > > mPcode=wintemp.pcode > > SELECT winpcodes > SEEK mpcodes > IF !FOUND() > trt=MESSAGEBOX(ALLTRIM(mPcode)+' does not exist in the analysis > table. Do you want to ADD this?',4+32,'Good idea') IF trt=6 > APPEND BLANK > REPLACE code WITH mPcode > ENDIF > endif > sele wintemp > > My problem is > If mPcode is not found in the winpcodes table, it places a BLANK item > in the winpcodes file > > It seems not to matter if BoundTo is True or False > > Any ideas anyone? > Sytze, Why not use an Insert command instead of the Append/Replace? Since the table is attached to a control, the row may or may not be moving to the appending record. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/DF1EEF11E586A64FB54A97F22A8BD04423C5CC97E3@ACKBWDDQH1.artfact.local ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

