I guess what confuses me is that 1) if I debug through the Init of the form, I can access the items in the list with form.listbox.List(x) ... the items appear to already be loaded 2) it does work when the rowsourcetype = 1 ... does the listbox load differently based on the rowsourcetype?

BTW, guess you're pretty happy with the World Cup results eh? <g>

>>I have a listbox on my form with the following properties:
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>>.RowSource = mcategor.desc
>>.RowSourceType = 6
>>.Picture = "listbox.bmp"
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>>In the Init of my form I am trying to set the picture value of some of the listbox items to a different image. But when the listbox is displayed, all items are shown with the same default picture.
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>>However, if I change the listbox properties to this:
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>>.RowSource = "One,Two,Three,Four,Five"
>>.RowSourceType = 1
>>.Picture = "listbox.bmp"
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>>and then do the same code in my Init, everything works fine and the items I wanted to show up with a different picture.
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>>Can someone tell me 1)Why the listbox won't let me update the image in the form's Init when the RowSourceType = 6 and 2)
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>Because the load of items is done when the list is painted.
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>If there is a workaround for this?
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>A simple workaround don't exists.
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>>Thanks tons for your help!