Try
This.Value=This.List(1) in the init of each combo box - this works for me

Ashley

>>Hi All,
>>
>> I have faced a major problem with VFP 5.0. I have several Combo boxes on the Form/PageFrame. All of them are bound to data with RowSourceType is set to 6 (Fields).
>> Problem I am having is, when I load the form, none of these combo show values at startup though there is a some value in Value property. It displays these values only if you set focus to it.
>> Is it a Bug or am I missing something?
>>
>> BTH, I am using VFP's Standard Combo and no method is written.
>>
>>Bye
>>Jayesh
>
>Jayesh,
>
>Did you ever find a solution to this? I think I have the exact same situation you're describing for all my comboboxes, but have really just lived with it. But in some cases I really would like to have a default value instead of showing nothing.
>
>Sylvia