empty textfield

[JEPEDEWE]

Hi,
I have a form "fiche"
On this form a field containing the name
On this form I made a pushbutton to open another form. (let's call it form2)
Form2 has a textfield with following property: ="Dossier van: " & [Formulieren]![fiche]![name]
When I open the form2 (from "fiche" that remains open) nothing is displayed, but when I move to the textfield and click, the correct name is displayed.
What can I do about this?

Thanks

JP

[isladogs]

Requery the form

[PRyan]

Is the name on the first form entered by the user and then the second form opened?
In that case you`d need to close the first form, re-open the first form and then the second form.
If the name is coming from a table field why not use that field to populate form2`s data.

[CJ_London]

be aware that name is a reserved word and should not be used for field, control or form/report names.

me.name will return the name of the form for example

so try changing the name of your field and control to say ficheName and txtficheName respectively