>>>In a combo box with RowSourceType set to 5 (array), array sorted in a user-specified order, not necessarily alphabetical, bound to a data field; when opened on an empty data field is there any way to force the list to open at the top of the list instead of the middle or bottom as it sometimes does now?
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>>Not tested, but I guess you can add some conditional code to GotFocus, like

>>If empty(yourfield)
>>   KEYBOARD "{Home}" PLAIN CLEAR 
>>endif

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>That works, but has the unfortunate side effect of selecting the first choice in the list as soon as you tab or click into the field. It also seems to eat the first mouse click and requires a second click to open the list.
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>Putting the same code in the DropDown event works very nicely; thanks for the idea.

But do that only if the .displayvalue is empty; if it's not, maybe some location related to the value would be better ("equal to" is also a relation :). I think it's possible for a user who drops the combo and has the mouse in the dropdown area to inadvertently select a value they didn't want - and your forcing of the selection to top may lead to a similar effect. YMMV.