>>>Try doing it after the form is activated.
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>>Naomi,
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>>Thanks for your suggestion. I just moved the code that selects items in the listbox into the Activate method.
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>>Same result: items are selected, but they are not highlighted.
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>>Jim
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>Hmm.
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>I remember I worked on this problem (with my then colleague Mike Asherman) almost 10 years ago. There was some trick employed (like using Listbox when or Click method), but I don't recall right now details and wonder if I can find the relevant code.
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>However, I do have a class posted in Downloads section here that I think was based on that listbox with saved selections (although may be the class I posted is grid's modification instead).
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>UPDATE. Looks like I only posted the multi-select grid version of the class and never posted the listbox based version (which was chiefly designed by Mike)

Naomi,

Thanks for your continued thoughts about this. I haven't figured out a solution yet. I will continue to experiment, and search the web for answers.

Jim