Well, .Value is correct, but no matter what I do, it seems that I can't get DisplayValue to be non blank. --- unless I set the focus, which isn't very helpful, as the form comes up with that field blank initially and I don't what to focus on it.

>>I don't what it to be 1 --- I want it to match the data that's already in the field.
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>>>>I have a combobox which always comes up blank (matching the first row in the RowSource) when I bring up my form. I would like to see the actual value there.
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>>>>When I click on the combobox, the correct value appears.
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>>>>What do I have to do to make the correct value appear without clicking on the combobox?
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>>>>Thanks
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>>>Try to set its ListIndex to 1 in Init.
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>Ok, set value to be value or DisplayValue to be DisplayValue.