>Sonali, > >VFP5.0 is faster with lists and combos, but that doesn't change the fact that they are a poor choice of control for dealing with 1,000+ Items. One advantage of comboboxes is that they can be display say the itemname and the controlsource can be set to the itemcode. This is usually required when you are making parent-child entries say in order tracking system / inventory control package. For a textbox the value is directly linked to the controlsource so to acheive the same effect you would have write a program which I feel could become rather clumsy ? Sonali