ok, the combo is populated with a collection, or really bound to a BindSource
a entity is loaded and bound to BindingSource and that is bound to several textboxes
the combo is populated with the foriegn keys for the entity, in this case the entity is a part with a ManuID(int) and the combo is populated with manus(display name,value manuid). I have done this before so thats what troubling me. When the form loads the combo reflects the manuid of the Entity, when you change the combo the entity ID is updated the the selected value.
Richard Young