Yes, subforms get instantiated before the parent forms (I know, that seems
counterintuitive!)

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no private e-mails, please)


"Keith Wilby" wrote in message
...
Is it right for a subform's Open and Current events to fire before the
Load event of its parent form? I'd been trying to implement this

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/performanceforms.htm

but have hit snags because I have a calc on the sub's record source in the
sub's Load event that fails because there's no record source yet!

Thanks.
Keith.