>>>On the InteractiveChange() and ProgrammaticChange() events, use something like
>>>thisForm.textbox.Refresh(), or thisForm.Refresh().
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>>Thx - that did the trick. One other question, if I may : The Combobox is initially
>>empty - how should I set it to the first record when the form opens ?
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>Set thisForm.Combo1.rowSourceType = 2 (alias), thisForm.Combo1.rowSource = "myAlias", and thisForm.Combo1.ListIndex = 1.

Thx, again. Can't believe that I used to know all this stuff :-}. Also surprised, looking at it now, how bad the VFP documentation actually was !