Hi James,
I usually do that by setting the value of the control to the contents of the bound column in the top row.
I think you can also do it without changing the value by setting ther FirstElement property to 1 after populating the control.
Good luck,
Steve

>Hello all:
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>How do I ensure that long combobox lists display with the first item in the list shown? VFP comboboxes tend to show the bottom of a long list.
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>TopItemID and TopIndex are not available since they are read-only (despite the documentation's claim that they are read/write at runtime)
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>Any ideas would be appreciated.
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>TIA