>>I asked this before but got no definitive answer. Here I am - another job, location and version of VFP but still the old problem haunts me:
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>>Sort of late in the afternoon, or early evening, when I use the combos, especially in a method window, the combo freezes, the hourglass appears and I have to wait for it to settle down before I can make a selection. This happens particularly when I'm moving up the combo, pushing the scroll bar thumb up.
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>>I can usually free it by selecting another window then coming back to VFP, but it's so annoying.
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>>And once it's started happening it continues to do so far too regularly.
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>>Anyone else observed this phenomenon, or is it just li'le ole jinxed me?
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>I haven't seen that since vfp3.0.
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>Are you popluating the drop down list using the "SQL Command" or anything other than "Value"?

No, it's the VFP combos, mainly in the method ed windows, ie the objects and members combos and not populated by me, other than the extra PEMs I add to a form.

This usually happens after a long day of opening several windows, in one or more forms, swapping about, changing windows, etc.