>We have a combo box control. The style is 2 (Dropdown List)
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>The code in the GotFocus event is inherited from the parent class. It is

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>When the user double-clicks one of the items I would like to perform some action (open a document via ShellExecute). However, the dbl-click event code never seems to fire. I've put WAIT WINDOW's etc. there and they don't get displayed.
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>I tried putting a NODEFAULT in the GotFocus method, but then nothing happens when I click either in the list or on the drop-down arrow.
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>All suggestions greatly appreciated.........Rich

Double Click event is fired only when you double click in Text portion of the combo, not in the list one. So follow Naomi's suggestion, put your code in IAC event.