Hi
It could be better to use the "Before Update" event of the form. In that way the code can be only in one place.
It could be something like:
me.status = IIf(me.cb1, "1,",vbnullstring) & IIf(me.cb2,"2,",vbnullstring) & IIf(me.cb3, "3,",vbnullsting & IIf(me.cb4,"4,",vbnullstring)
'to get rid of...