>>>so what number do we use to show only 4 rows? 4 or -3 ???
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>>Dave,
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>>To show 4 rows you use 4, 0 is the default, meaning it is 7 rows, but 7 is also seven rows non-default.
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>Some day in a year or two there'll be a KB article of "The combo behaves slightly different if it's set to display 7 rows by setting the controlcount to 7, as opposed to setting it to 0 (default) when it displays 7. The behavior is by design."

ROFL. That reminds me of my favorite VFP 3.0 bug where setting the visible property of a listbox on page 2 of a pageframe to .T. (as opposed to leaving it at its default of .T.) caused list boxes on page 1 to behave strangely. At least they acknowledged that one as a bug!