>>Hi all,
>>
>>can somebody give me a clue how to set the text> for a combobox programitcally?
>>
>>I have the following situation
>>- A combobox bount to a sql statement (RowSourceType= 3)
>>- Valid data in sql's result
>>
>>I like to set the combobox to a value not in the sql result
>>

combo.value='somevalue'

sets the value to the literal, but it's not on display and .TEXT holds the empty string.
>>If I enter the value with the keyboard .TEXT gives me the value I've entered and value stucks wher it was (this one I can deal with).
>>
>>How canm I get the text in the combo?
>>
>>Agnes
>
>Hi Agnes,
>
>Would
>

>Combo.Style = 0
>

>help ?

Gregory,

no, it's the current value. I can enter via keyboard - no problem at this. I can't via programm.

Agnes