haha. yeah, I was considering changing the name of the columns in the tables.

but I'm getting an error now. I have a feeling that it is in the syntax though..

Firstly, I already had set the DisplayMember to Value and the ValueMember to Code... I'm having problems passing the Code to the appropriate label.

Here's what I'm doing wrong:
Private Sub CboProdFam_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles cboProdFam.SelectedIndexChanged
lblOutFam.Text = cboProdFam.SelectedValue
End Sub