I think you want:

Dim vCheckbox as boolean
vCheckbox = me.checkbox12.value



Steven wrote:

Can you use a variable to return the vaule of an object in a form.

Example:

vCheckbox = "Me.Checkbox.12"

MsgBox vCheckbox

it gives me Me.CheckBox.12 when what I am looking for is True or False

Thank you,

Steven

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Dave Peterson