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I only want to add new record if I manually key in a user that does not exist in the drop down,>
Use an UNBOUND combo box, set the Limit to List to yes and look at this link on how to add records using the NotinList event
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=197526in the afterupdateEvent of the combo, filter the form or find the record
'filtering the form
private sub combo1_afterupdate()
me.filter="[FieldName]=" & me.combo1 ' use this if [FieldName] to filter is Number
me.filteron=true
end sub
me.filter="[FieldName]='" & me.combo1 &"'" ' use this if [FieldName] to filter is TEXt Data type