Hi Mark,
Yes.
Export the form and then open the form file with a hex editor and rename the
control.
Delete the form from the project and re-import the edited file.


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John
johnf 202 at hotmail dot com


"mark" wrote in message
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| Just press Esc a couple of times (Sometimes it takes more
| than a couple !),and rename the control.
|
| that of course works if the problem is that it won't let
| you create the ambiguous name.
|
| but this morning, it let met creat the ambiguous name,
| save the file, etc...
|
| the question was if there was a way to recover AFTER the
| ambiguous name was already created.
|
| but, for now, it's unimportant. I have the other copy.