Einar,

I know, it doesn't seem to make sense, but there's obviously something different between the two subitems ... I just don't know what it is (and I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it <g>).

Oh, and BTW, it's more efficient to add all the items at once with the .AddRange() method:

ListViewItem[] items = new ListViewItem[41];
>
for (int i = 0 ; i < 42 ; i++)
{
	items[i] = new ListViewItem((i+1).ToString());
	lvi.SubItems.Add("Cycle " +(i+1).ToString().PadLeft(2,'0'));
}
this.listView1.Items.AddRange(items);

~~Bonnie