Hi PHV
Many thanks for your reply.
I did read the link, and tried the code, However I could not get it to work.
This is what i did. I placed the subform on the mainform. I placed a text box on the mainform and used the following;
Using the link:
Forms![main form name]![subform control name].Form![control name]
I then inserted the mainform name, subform control name, the control name of the field on the mainform.
Yet this only came up with #name#. So there must be a problem with the syntax I have used. I tried that which you gave but was not sure of the "some value"
I just dont' know where to go from here. I have no problems on doing it the reverse, ie: getting data from the subform to the main form. Its doing it the other way round..!
Many thanks