>>>Ok, guys. After you stop laughing :) How do I get the first element in a dropdown list to appear at creation time. In the past I have used listindex however this particular dropdown is populated by fields and not my usual array. :( Any ideas?
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>>Because the control is bound to the table field, what I usually do, is to do the REPLACE of the control value from the AddNew() method.
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>Thanks Michel.

Joe,

Be careful with this... If you are opening your form on a blank record, but your user has the ability to search for a new record, or the like, you may not want to be replacing the value with the drop downlist value. What I will often do if I want the value to appear, but not necessarily be stuck into the table at form start up, is to bind the list to a custom property of the form, and then when saving the record, replace the field value with the value stored in the custom property.

HTH,

John Adams