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>>>>I would recommend you to 'build' combo yourself.
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>>>do you mean, build the combo from the property sheet?
>>
>>yes
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>ok - for the dropdown areas of the combobox, I would like to have the values
>of AM and PM. I tried putting these in the combo1.Value area, but no luck.
>do you know where the dropdown area is?

really, what would you call the data or row source for a combobox?

< hits head against wall >

thanks, i feel much better.