Gina,

i'm using 2003.

2. Then by all means add the button to add a new record. You know your
users better then anyone.
since the cbo's are bound to fields in tblStudentSubject, when i select a
cboStudent and then select a cboSubject, it creates a new record in
tblStudentSubject which is what i want. however, i'd like to add a
confirmation step. after user selects subject use a messageDialogBox to
confirm entry.

-i imagine i have to use VBA something like

Private Sub cboSubject_click
MessageDialogBox.show("Confirm entry")
if yes, then add record to table w/ selected item in both cbo's
else, reset cbo's w/out writing a new record
End Sub

will that do it?