>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?
You could set the value manualy ie cboXXXXX.Value = "FooBar". This can be done in any of various methods available on the form ( ie ThisForm.Init method ). However, I have found that unless the value you are putting into the control matches "exactly" one of the choices the object will show as blank. My first course would be to triple check this. Then if that fails and you can't figure out anything else force it with the cbo.Value method.

Hope this helps
Terry