Thanks James. I was trying to skip this "intermediate" step (going to array) for the rowsource and simply use my view as the rowsource but I guess I can't.

>>>The 2nd and 3rd columns don't show at all, or they don't show in the form you want them in?
>>>
>>>There is no problem assigning a memo field as a column in a combobox. It will not display "memo", but the actual memo content.
>>>
>>>Be sure columncount = 3 and that columnwidth for each column is adequate.
>>>
>>>regards,
>>
>>My combobox is displaying my 2nd column which is based on a memo field all as "Memo" instead of its content. My columncount is set to 4 and the RowSourceType is set to Alias. What do I need to do?
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>John,
>
>My solution, and there are many others, would be to do away with rowsource = alias and use an array. Like this...
>
>Create a new array property in your abstract combobox, aRowSource[1], and a new method, UpdateRowSource(), with the following code.
>

>*-- myComboBox.UpdateRowSource()
>
>WITH this
>
>    SELECT ;
>       myField1, ;
>       myField2, ;
>       myField3  ;
>    FROM myTable ;
>    INTO ARRAY .aRowSource
>
>    .rowsource = "this.aRowSource"
>    .rowsourcetype = 5 && array
>ENDWITH
>
>RETURN
>

>Any time you need to update the rowsource, just call Updaterowsource(). If the data in your rowsource is static, as in a lookup table. Update the rowsource in the init() event of the combobox. If it is dynamic, update the rowsource in the refresh() event of the combobox.
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>I have never had a memo display as anything bo contents using this process.
>
>Best of luck,