I see, I think I was incorrect. 1 means value. First time I read it I thought you're using fields.

>>If RowSourceType is 1 then your combo is not set up correctly. As far as I recall 6 is the type for fields and 1 is for alias.
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>The CboGateType control below (with RowSourceType = 1) works fine. Of course it only has one character in each value.
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>Taking out the InputMask property didn't help.
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>Peter
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>RowSourceType Property
>nValue  Description  
>0  None. (Default) 
>1  Value. 
>2  Table alias. 
>3  SQL statement. 
>4  Query (.qpr) file. 
>5  Array. 
>6  Fields. 
>7  Files.
>8  Field structure of a table. 
>9  Pop-up. Included for backward compatibility. 
>10 Collection object.
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>define class CboGateType as CboList
>    name                = "CboGateType"
>    ColumnCount         = 2
>    columnwidths        = "20,120"          
>    DisplayCount        = 5
>    inputmask           = "X"
>    rowsource           = "C,contractor,E,employee,F,facility,R,reservation,W,whole lot"
>    value               = "F"
>    width               = 1 CBO_12
>    statusbartext = "Enter: C-contractor, E-employee, F-facility (day), R-reservation (overnight), W-whole lot"
>    tooltiptext   = "Gate type: C, E, F, R, W"
>enddefine    && CboGateType  *************************************************
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