>I've got an unbound combo box (Style = 2, dropdown list) with RowSourceType = Value (RowSource is a comma-delimited list of values). What I want to do is display the first item in the list as a default value, but no matter what I try, a value doesn't appear until the list is dropped down and a value is selected. I have both Value and DisplayValue set to the desired value in the form designer, and I verified at runtime -- via the command window -- that these properties do indeed contain the values I set in the form designer, but it still doesn't display until a value is explicitly selected from the list, not even when I call the control's refresh method.
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>Anybody know a way around this?

If your rowsource is 'Allan, Emma, John', your rowsourcetype should be 1-Value.
At init event of combo box issue: This.Value = 'Allan'. Value property is case sensitive to caution you.

HTH