>I am using a combo box that list about 510 items in the drop down list. When I select the 509 items in the list the combo box refresh fine. When I go back and try to select a different item in the list. I get an error. Anything from 1 to items 508 are ok and any items above 509 is ok. So the only item in the drop down list that give me an error every time is 509. Has anyone run across this before and have a work around. I think this is a FoxPro problem. I am running VFP 5.0b.

Ben,
Lists and combos are not designed to handle 500+ items, and there are some odd quirks when you get over 200 items. If you truly need to have the user choose from that many items, use a grid to display them. You can use InGRid or a separate textbox to allow users to enter a value to match.

You will find grid MUCH faster than lists for this many items, also. I have a lookup which searches incrementally in a 35,000 record table faster than the users can type, and loads in a split second besides.

HTH
Barbara