I have a field which uses a value list drawn from the records in a related table.

All the items in the list display perfectly if I format the field as radio buttons or check boxes, but nothing appears if I select drop-down list or pop-up menu.

Clearly, the relationship is good and the value list is properly populating - what's wrong with the display?

If you're designing with checkboxes will the field be styled accordingly eventhough the count of records in the related file is nil.

But I wouldn't rule entirely out that the calc'field you try to build upon, can't be stored due to the use of a related value or a global in the definition.

--sd

The value list is defined to use values from a field in a related table.

I don't see any global markups in the field containing the values.

FWIW, I have an almost identical situation in another database - except there, the drop-down works. Confusing. I've gone through the setups to compare them - they seem identical, but (obviously) I'm missing something.

Can you place the cursor in the field and tell me what the dialog show when command_I 'ing.

If it's empty the indexing needs to be turend on the field the list is based on, if the box fills with data - you probably just have to change the text colour to something else than the background....

--sd

Not sure what the problem was, but I "solved" it. I just started over from scratch, and this time it worked.

Obviously I messed up some step on the first one.

At any rate, it's working now. Sorry for all the bother - I probably should have done this first. But thanks for the willingness to help.